ISLAMABAD:Advisor to the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Muhammad Ayub Afridi on Tuesday underlined the need for utilizing knowledge, skills and expertise of the expatriates to ensure national development.
“Award of right of vote to overseas Pakistanis is accomplishment of another promise made by Prime Minister of Pakistan,” said the advisor while addressing a signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for establishment of Certiport Authorized Testing Centre (CATC) at newly established F-11 Campus of OPF Girls College Islamabad.
He praised the OPF for doing a magnificent job in providing quality education to the children of overseas Pakistanis and general public throughout Pakistan.
He said that the initiative of introducing such an IT enabled infrastructure in OPF’s education system was a remarkable step which must be expanded to all regions.
The OPF Managing Director briefed the Advisor about the project and stated that in this competitive market, it had been witnessed that certifications gave an edge to degree holders when they compete for jobs.
In recent years, he said it had been observed that students during their studies also focused upon these certifications in order to enable themselves to compete in a job market immediately after securing their degrees.
Certifications were usually awarded by credible organizations such as Certiport, he said, adding it was a third-party assessment of one’s skills and knowledge for a given subject.
He said that the establishment of CATC would help OPF to market these certifications amongst its students. Children of overseas Pakistanis would be offered discounted rates for certifications.
Earlier, both the organizations signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for establishment of CATC at newly established F-11 Campus of Girls College, Islamabad.