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Unemployment rate in Pakistan – At 13 year high
According to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PSB), unemployed people have been increased to 1.5 million since Nawaz Sharif has assumed the office in 2013. The current unemployment rate is higher than the fiscal year 2002. During the last year of Musharraf’s tenure, unemployment rate was 5.2% that rose to 6.2% in 2013 in the end … Continue reading
Pakistan – Social protection needed for home-based workers advocacy group says
The government should formulate new laws to provide social security protection to home-based workers, said participants of an advocacy meeting held on Thursday. The meeting was held to discuss legislative measures for ensuring economic and social protection for home-based workers. The participants of the meeting, arranged by the HomeNet Pakistan, included parliamentarians and civil society … Continue reading
Pakistan / Promotion of technical education stressed to secure the future of youth
Participants at a dialogue stressed the need for promotion of Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) to secure the future of youth and enable Pakistan to take advantage of its growing youth population. This was the crux of a day-long session entitled ‘Dialogue on Skill Development’ political priority for developing the future generation, jointly organized … Continue reading
Pakistan / Women participation in labour force just 28%
Women participation rate in labour force in Pakistan is only 28 per cent, which is particularly low in the urban areas. Household duties and lack of education are considered by more than 80 per cent Pakistani women as the major reasons for their non-participation in the labour force, said World Development Report 2013, issued by … Continue reading
Pakistan – For vocational education in rural areas
Vocational and technical education can be promoted in Pakistan by making it a part of curriculum and had vocational education institutions These views were expressed by the participants in Jang Economic Session on law and order and economic situation and role of vocational education. The participants were Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC) chairman Faisal Ijaz … Continue reading
Pakistan – An action plan for the implementation of National Skills Strategy
National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) in collaboration with TVET Reform Support Program have started work on formulating an action plan for the implementation of National Skills Strategy (NSS). Preparatory work for development of the action plan began at TVET Coordination Forum on Monday, where officials from NAVTTC and Federal Public sector institutes imparting … Continue reading
Education | Pakistan : 1 in 10 of the world’s primary school-age children not in school
“What is the real story of education in Pakistan’s Northern Areas, or Gilgit-Bultistan, as it is now called? “ asks Rebecca Winthrop in Pakistan Does Have an Education Crisis Despite Questions About Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea on brookings.edu. “Contrary to the Three Cups of Tea portrayal of Gilgit-Bultistan as a place with little educational … Continue reading
Migration: less New York more New Delhi
Everyone is moving to the city – and, especially, emerging market cities. According to a report by Credit Suisse this week, by 2037 half of the world’s population will live in one emerging market city or another. So where should investors look to first if they want to capitalize on this trend? Apparently the smart … Continue reading
Bangladesh needs 1.5m new jobs a yr
Bangladesh needs up to 1.5 million new jobs each year for the next 20 years to accelerate economic growth, says the World Bank. Bangladesh along with other South Asian nations has seen steady job growth and a substantial decrease in poverty over the past three decades, according to a WB report. The WB yesterday launched … Continue reading
Australia | Pakistan | The great brain waste – The Express Tribune Blog
In May last year an Australian embassy press release stated that more than 5,000 Pakistani students have chosen Australia as their destination to study. How many of these people actually go abroad to study? The answer is nil. As a resident of Australia I can say that ninety-nine per cent of these so-called students are actually professionals … Continue reading
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