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Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbassi inaugurated DigiSkills
Training Program, aimed at training one million youth through online modules in
Islamabad on Thursday. Addressing the ceremony, the Prime Minister said the
present government has delivered in many fields by building motorways, ports,
airports and establishing power plants but the advancement in the information
technology sector is most important contribution in the last five years.
The Prime Minister said that Digiskills program will equip the
youth to get online jobs and earn money through a non-traditional way. He said
that he has full faith in the youth of the country and expressed the confidence
that the girls will, in future, excel in e-commerce.
He said the government on its part is committed to ensure
availability of broadband in every inch of the country and the Prime Minister
appreciated Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication (MoITT)
and Virtual University of Pakistan (VU) for their role in the development of
youth through ICT and Digital services.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Minister of State for
Information Technology and Telecommunications Ms. Anusha Rehman said the
DigiSkills program is an important endeavor of the Ministry that will create
online employment opportunities to enable youth to earn 200 to 300 dollars per
month. She said with the help of this program youth from across the country
will be providing their services to the entire world. One million youth of
Pakistan could get benefits from the program.
She said Pakistan is emerging as an IT-leader in the world and government
is committed to enlighten the future of our young generation with the use of
latest technology.
Earlier, while welcoming the guests, Dr. Naveed A Malik, Rector
VU apprised the audience about the University and its capabilities to handle
mega projects such as “DigiSkills”.
While addressing the audience, Mr. Yusuf Hussain, CEO, IGNITE
acknowledged the capacity and potential of Virtual University of Pakistan to
undertake such mega project. He also congratulated for VU for winning the
project through a competitive bidding and coming up on top against 6 bidders
that also included foreign entities. He further talked about Artificial
Intelligence that will be a very important part of such project in future.
Later, an agreement signing took place at the Prime Minister
Secretariat in the presence of Prime Minister Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Dr.
Naveed A. Malik, Rector Virtual University of Pakistan and Mr. Yusuf Hussain,
CEO · Ignite - National Technology Fund signed the MoU for
DigiSkills Training Program.
For more details regarding the project, please visit digiskills
Benefits for trainee's after they graduate from this program
With great knowledge of all offered subjects Akhuwat
will offer interest free loans of upto Rs. 1 Lakh, to the graduates of this
program. Potential candidates are requested to contact the following website.
www.akhuwat.org.pk
Courses Duration
We are excited to announce the roll out of the trainee
registration process of the DigiSkills Program starting 30th May, 2018.
Trainees will have the option to register for a maximum of two courses in every
batch that will span a period of three (3) months each. The Freelancing course
has been made compulsory for every trainee. Trainees will be able to enroll for
any other two courses in the subsequent batches.
Procedure to apply
