Pakistanische Universität vermittelt Jugendlichen berufliche Kompetenzen

AIOU equips youth with vocational skills

Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is taking various initiatives to equip Pakistani youth with vocational skills to earn respectable livelihood under the banner of Prime Minister's Hunarmand Pakistan Program.

The university is offering various skills-based courses including hotel management to Pakistani youth located in distant and underdeveloped areas of the country.

According to AIOU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zia Ul-Qayyum, Pakistani youth faces a lot of difficulties in getting employment despite being highly qualified.

Therefore, it is the primary responsibility of the universities to provide them with skills training besides formal education so that they can play their due role in the process of social and economic development of the country.

To achieve this objective, AIOU has initiated hotel management course in collaboration with Alight Pakistan with the slogan of 'learn a skill and be skilful.'

The primary objective of this six-week training course is to equip Pakistani youth with hotel management skills to promote tourism and to boost the tourism industry in GB and Skardu. This training programme would be expanded to other tourism popular regions of the country gradually. It is expected that this training programme will play a pivotal role in the social and economic development of the country as hotel industry is progressing by leaps and bounds.