Lahore:

Even when the Punjab government paints a positive picture of itself in the eyes of the youth by distributing laptops, the managers’ lack of recognition of the growing demand for technical education Midt, which has no alternative means of earning an income.

In recent years, the rising unemployment rate has forced a growing number of young people to seek technical education after completing their matriculation, intermediate, bachelor and even master’s degrees. However, the inaccessibility of adequate government institutions offering courses on skills development and the insurmountability of expensive private courses has convicted even the most ambitious youth to a life of unemployment and disgusting.

According to available items with Express Pakinomist, there are 581 small and large, public and private institutions offering technical education in Punjab, of which 275 are private. In other words, almost 40 percent of all technical educational institutions are sponsored by the state. Since the last 20 years, almost all departments related to technical education have been closed in colleges, while computer teachers are working on positions as technical education teachers.

Altaff Hussain, a student at technical education, revealed that there was a lack of technical education at government level. “There are neither good workshops nor any qualified instructors in colleges. Although all technical education facilities are offered in the private sector, the registration fee in Lakhs is that the ordinary student cannot pay,” complained Hussain.

“Unfortunately, technical education is not a priority for the government, as the reigning party is only engaged in distributing laptops, while no special topics are taught in schools and colleges regarding technical education. When the government recruits talented teachers in technical education in schools and colleges, Only then can unemployment be removed, “said Punjab Teachers Association Secretary, Rana Liaquat Ali.

Similarly, Secretary Punjab Civil Secretariat Employee Association Chaudhry Ghulam Ghaus confirmed that even students with a wide range of degrees were unable to get jobs as they lacked education in skills taught through technical education. “Therefore, the government should focus on disseminating technical education in schools and colleges,” Ghaus suggested.

Habibullah Mujahid, a senior subject specialist at a Government High School, recalled that children in earlier times due to the inclusion of technical education in the first curriculum, children, wires and wood work in their house. Therefore, after completing the school, students could transition to practical life and become a craftsman within six months to one year. “Due to innovations in technology, computer education is also needed. Pakistan is an agricultural country where 65 to 70 percent of the population needs modern agricultural education. Since this is not offered, the country has become a victim of food crises,” said Mujahid.

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Hassan Murtaza Shirazi called on the Punjab government to upgrade technical education in schools instead of providing laptops to youth. “This will at least help children learn technical education with computers and they will be able to make their school, home and province proud within it. Agricultural diagrams for schools in rural areas dedicated to technical education in the Bhutto era , have now become barren.

On the other hand, provincial Minister of Education Rana Sikandar Hayat assured that the government was working to promote technical education in topics such as electrical wires, iron, wood, agriculture and fashion.