NAVTTC, Pakistan’s apex body in Technical & Vocational Education & Training (TVET), is taking strategic steps to address the severe setback to TVET sector of the country and devise a joint multidimensional plan to continue imparting technical and vocational training to country’s youth in COVID-19 pandemic situation.

In view of the evolving situation, NAVTTC in collaboration with the ILO arranged the first ever International Dialogue on a mitigating strategy for TVET in the emerging COVID-19 scenario which was attended by 62 key technical experts from around the globe including European Union, South Africa, New Zealand, Colombo Plan Staff College, provincial TEVTAs, Bureau of Emigration & Overseas Employment, Pakistan Workers Federation etc. While addressing the webinar session arranged at NAVTTC HQS, Country Director ILO Ms. Ingrid Christensen emphasized the need of redesigning and reshaping TVET sector to cope with the changing scenario.  Mr. Gabriel Borddao, Skills Specialist, ILO gave a detailed presentation on how different countries are dealing with COVID-19 in TVET. Chairman NAVTTC Syed Javed Hasan said The Executive Director NAVTTC, Dr. Nasir Khan, said Dr. Khan said. he added. Various strategies for preparing the TVET sector to effectively deal with the current COVID-19 situation and devise a workable plan for the post-COVID-19 emerging labour market demand were discussed in detail. It was agreed that NAVTTC will compile all the proposals and feedback of the stakeholders and will devise, in collaboration with ILO, a viable strategy which will be further shaped in another webinar to be organized as soon as possible. The participants of the webinar appreciated the efforts of the Director-General NAVTTC, Muqeem-ul-Islam and his team and Mr Saad Gilani of ILO for arranging this first-ever webinar for exploring an effective mitigating strategy to enable TVET sector to effectively respond to the challenges of the ensuing challenges posed by COVID-19.