Peshawar: Academic degrees are not the true provider of jobs but skills lead to provision of a handsome employment, said Mrs Usman Gul who was chief guest at the Certificate Award Ceremony of trainees of Vocational Training Centre at PARD on Thursday.
Director General NIM/PARD/PPSA Capt (Retd) Usman Gul was also present on the occasion.In her address, Mrs Gul said that a skilled person can never be unemployed anywhere on the earth. Skill Development for women and men is extremely important in today’s era. Skill development of women play a crucial role in the development of any nation including Pakistan. Majority of the women population in Pakistan are not financially sovereign and depend on male members.
She added that due to untiring efforts and dedication of the Director General PARD, dress making and fashion designing courses, have been successfully conducted at PARD Vocational and Technical Center with the aim to provide an opportunity to the students of the marginalized families of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa t
o become independent and arrange bread and butter at their own.
She emphasized that the participants should channelize their energies, motivation and desire to uplift their livelihood and standards of living to make their country economically progressed. The Chief Guest appreciated the PARD VTC and the dynamic team of PARD under the guidance of Director General.
She lauded the struggle and dedication of the Director General for extraordinary development of the physical infrastructure and its high-quality maintenance in addition to simultaneous engagement in both in-service and pre-service training courses for federal and provincial officers.
Later Capt (Retd) Usman Gul, Director General, PARD/NIM/PPSA thanked the Chief Guest for sparing time to grace the occasion. He appreciated the efforts and services of the VTC In-charge Ms Irum Mughal and lady teacher VTC Ms Shamshad Begum.
The Director General highlighted the role of women in the society and at household level. He emphasized the pivotal role of mothe
r as a central pillar in the family who not only create bonding in all family members but also play a key role in social development of her children.
The need of the hour is that women may become independent by learning technical skills. The Chief Gust Ms Usman Gul gave three sewing machines to the toppers of the course.
Ms Nafees Rahim Directing Staff, SMC ; Dr Gohar Saeed, FRS, PARD; and Mr Asad Zia Siddiqui, DS (Admn) were also present on the occasion.