PESHAWAR: Under Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Youth Employment programme, advanced digital skills training would be given to 25, 000 youth to create more job opportunities and meet market demands for digital economy.
The programme launched with the financial assistance of World Bank and run by KP Information Technology Board aimed to empower youth through digital skills and online opportunities.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has taken number of initiatives for digitalization and boosting digital economy and generating employment opportunities for youths.
The provincial government has allocated Rs. 14 billion in the Annual Development Programme (ADP) to launch mega IT and digitalization projects that aim to boost digital economy and job creation.
The project include setting up three special technology zones for which 2, 000 kanal land in Mardan, 70 kanal in Haripur and 40 kanal in Peshawar had already been identified.
Moreover, government is setting up more Business Process Outsourcing ( BoP) to create digital jobs in the province.