GOVERNMENT

TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND

VOCATIONAL TRAINING (TEVT)
INSTITUTIONS
A Project for Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Kestral Resources (Pvt) Ltd.

December 2010
Global Employment Agenda

The conviction that employment is

fundamental to the fight against poverty and
social exclusion was a conclusion both of the
World Summit on Social Development in
1995 and the 24th Special Session of the
United Nations General Assembly in 2000,
which called upon the development of a
coherent and coordinated international
strategy for the promotion of freely chosen
productive employment.
 Kestral Group
Kestral Holding (PVT) LTD
 KESTRAL RESOURCES (PVT) LTD
 KESTRAL SPD (PVT) LTD
 KESTRAL TRADING
 KESTRAL LOGISTICS SMC (PVT) LTD
 GLOBAL RESPONSE SOLUTIONS (PVT) LTD
 KASE POWER (PVT) LTD
 E- SECURE SOLUTIONS (PVT) LTD
 PAKISTAN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT (PVT) LTD
 DAZZLE GLASS (PVT) LTD
 KESTRAL – USA
 KESTRAL – UK
 KESTRAL - DUBAI
Our Strengths
 Excellent Program and Project Management Credentials
 Strong Internal Control and Financial Management Systems
 Global, National, and Sub-National Presence
 Effective liaison with Public and Private Sectors
 Proactive approach in identifying global trends in
development and providing innovative solutions.
 Experience in handling Large Scale Projects in Remote areas
 Qualified and Experienced Professionals
 Effective network of communication systems
Some KPK Indicators for Concern
 Exodus of 1/3rd of 25.2 million people in KPK made IDPs due to war
against terror and 2010 floods.
 42. 6% poverty incidence - highest in the country
 Only 37.3% Literacy rate
 Only 10% of youth under 25 years enroll in secondary education
 Only 4% (3.68 million) enroll in vocational training programs
 Our Youth feel marginalized and are at a high risk of gravitating toward
extremists’ agenda due to poverty, illiteracy, and most of all social
disenfranchisement.
 National Education Policy 2009 asserts;
‘Uneven distribution of resources and opportunities and apprehensions
of sliding down the scale of poverty promote social exclusion. Increased
social exclusion expresses itself in different forms like ethnic strife,
sectarianism and extremism, etc
Statistics provided by the Government of Pakistan and PaRRSA, 2009 - 2010.
The Project Aims to -
 Revamp and Refurbish existent GoKPK TEVT centres, as
part of the overall 2009 IDPs Rehabilitation and 2010 Flood
Recovery Plan (FRP) of GoKPK / PASSA
The project will be initiated on a pilot scale for 18 month
duration, focusing on:
 Two GoKPK selected TEVT centres (one male and one female)
preferably in District Nowshera ( worst flood affected district of
KPK) and

 Enhancing the capacity of the present Staff Training Institute

(STI) in Peshawar.

Whole sector Revamping will be undertaken after

reviewing the evaluation of the Pilot Project
 Objectives:
 Establish a centre of excellence in the existent STI by
enhancing the quality of ToT programs and R&D activities.

 Balancing Modernization and Rehabilitation (BMR) of

existence TEVT centers to compete with the market
demand and facilitate promotion of local crafts and
utilization of raw materials

 Establish linkages between TEVT departments and

Industry for quality of production and increase
employability.

 Establish Jobs Corp Centres, for counselling, guidance and

facilitation of employment /entrepreneurships
 Project Strategy
Baseline / Needs Assessment for Training and Micro-infrastructure

Skilled Workforce Low / Un-Skilled Workforce

(Ready for Jobs)

Training Courses (increased employability)

Market linkage
workshops and
Jobs Corps Centre linkages with
(Database of Job seekers, Identification of Employment Opportunities,
microfinance
Identification of Business Opportunities, Business Counselling, Linkages with MFIs etc)
institutions

Wage Employment Self Employment

Setting up
Tool Banks Skills of Construction Trainees would be utilized in
Revival of Micro infrastructure Schemes
Project Components
R&D/
Baseline Surveys/
TNA / NAE

Linkages with Institutional

Industry & Purpose: Strengthening
Jobs Corps Quality production and ToT
Centers and Employment programs
Promotion

BMR and
Labor-Based
Infrastructure
 Baseline Study
 Studies Planned
 Assessment of existing TEVT programs in KPK to meet market/industry needs..
 Training Needs Assessment to determine the training potential in communities (men,
women and disabled)
 Identify employment opportunities for local workforce (local areas and outside)
 Identify potential of local crafts/raw materials to be promoted (Value Addition)
 Identify training requisites; infrastructure, machinery, equipment materials etc.
 Purpose
 Initially 8 programs will be reviewed and evaluated to work upon in the Pilot Project
stage.
 To know the quantity and quality of skills available in community
 To know the requirement of skills for various employment disciplines (construction,
enterprise, wage employment etc.)
 To know about other partners with similar programs (to complement and avoid
duplication)
 To plan appropriate skills development activities according to market/industry
requirements
 To design Local Economic Development Activities
 To refurbish and equip where necessary TEVT centers by providing accommodation,
modern machinery and teaching/learning aids
Research and Development
The NAVTEC Policy Report (2009-2013) suggests that research data has to be
maintained through tracer studies, sector surveys, job opportunities, skills gap,
emerging market trends, barriers in training, and labor market signals surveys.

A Detailed M & E plan will be developed upon project launch

MTC will conduct spot surveys and updated gap analysis after 8 months of
project launch and at the end of the project
TEVT Information Management System will be created to record and track
key database indicators; enrollment of students, trainer qualification
(transfers, promotion, retired etc), pass out student
employment/entrepreneurship history, local industry demand and linkages etc.
Findings will be shared with Provincial Project Advisory Committee and
NAVTEC for maintaining banks that provide access to STIs and TEVT centers
across province and country that share success stories and lessons learnt.
Institutional Strengthening & ToTs
Process
 STI in Peshawar to be developed as a Center of Excellence, for improved quality of ToT
programs in both content and instructional methodologies.
 STI instructors and Center supervisors to be trained in;
 Management of TEVT centers
 Financial management
 Engaging businesses and
 Local community, public-private partnership, etc.
 Curricular to be revised based on needs assessment (8 programs in the pilot stage.
 Existing Institute Management Committees (IMC) to be revived and strengthened
through programs directed at increasing involvement of all stakeholders in the local
TEVT institutions.
 Study tour of a group of 5 to visit Jobs Corps Center in U.S.
Future course of Action
 BMR of STI Peshawar into Center of Excellence for ToT.
 Foreign master trainers engaged for curricular review and capacity building of STI
instructors and trainers.
 Strengthening of IMCs (Public-private partnership)
 Revival and strengthening of IMCs
BMR and Labor-Based
Infrastructure
Process
 A need assessment and evaluation survey will be undertaken on existing STI and two TEVT
centers.
 Cost estimations and plans to be made to refurbish and re-equip the TEVT institutions with
machinery, materials and learning aids will be made to meet up-to-date market/industry
requirements
 Kestral Resources (Pvt) Pakistan to undertake all procurement and purchase for ‘Equipment
upgrade’
 Raise awareness for these budgetary needs in the Provincial Project Advisory Committee for
future policy.
Future course of Action

 Equip centers with workshops and labs,

 Provide other facilities like library teaching aids, consumable training material, resource packs
etc
 Undertake essential brick and mortar construction.
 Address other issues like enrolment, stipend and supply orientation etc
Linkages with Industry and Jobs
Corps Centres
 Functions:
 Register graduated students, job seekers (skilled workforce)
and preparing a database thereof;
 Identifying job vacancies at various locations;
 Identify curricula and training needs for program design
 Identify training needs and provide counselling to job seekers
 Create apprenticeship program opportunities and facilitate
hiring of graduates
 Facilitate linkages of skilled artisans with MFIs
 Monitor and evaluate trends analysis of labour
market/Industry
Jobs Corps Centres
 Process:
 EIC will be operated by the Department of Technical Education
and Manpower Training (DTE & MT)
 Technical support will be extended to JCC throughout the project
 Monitoring of EIC activities

 Future course of Action

 Linking Industry Advisory Group (IAG)’ with EIC
 Data generation from JCC and dissemination of info to Employers
 Follow-up of registered people through:
 Trainings/Seminars
 Community Meetings
 Direct Visits / Interaction
 Initiation of a Quarterly Newsletter from each JCC – elaborating
employment trends and other related information
Skills Development
(Enterprise Development)
 Identification of existing and new entrepreneurs through
TNA/NAE

 Skills development through specialized trainings in:

 Start Your Business / Improve Your Business
 Gender & Enterprise Training (GET)

 Local Economic Development (LED) Activities

 Follow-up (linkages with Market and Micro-finance

institutions)
Other Activities
 Career counseling in schools for outgoing
students.
 Job Fairs/Conventions for image building of
TEVT courses and promotion of economic
activity.
 Seminars and workshops for sensitizing various
partners on Decent Employment creation
 Workshops for market linkages for entrepreneurs
 Conference for linking local Artisans/Crafts with
MFIs
Provincial Project Advisory
Committee
 Composition
 Chief Secretary GoKPK Chair
 Secretary Industries, Labour and Manpower GoKPK Member
 DG Technical Ed. and Manpower Training Go KPK Member
 Representative from ‘Industry Advisory Group (IAG)’ Member
 Representative from Kestral Resource s (Pvt.) Ltd. Member
 Representative from MTC Member

 T0Rs
 Review of project interventions
 Provide policy guidelines to the project
 Facilitate outreach of project in Government
 Facilitate for replication of project achievements
 Avoid duplications
Project Management Unit
 PMU at Islamabad and Peshawar

 Operating Area
 Staff Training Institution at Peshawar
 Male and Female Vocational Training Centre at District
Nowshera;
 Key implementing partners
 Government of KPK (Dept. Of Labour, Industries and
Manpower Training)
 Directorate of Technical Education and Manpower Training
(DTE&MT),
 Small Industries Development Board (SIDB)
 ‘Industry Advisory Group (IAG)’ Other technical agencies
Institutional Framework
Thank you
Role Identified for DTE&MT
 Implement Skills Development Programs
through existing and new TEVT centres
 Operate the Jobs Corps Centres (with Kestral’s
technical support during the life of the project)
 Conduct promotional activities to build the
image of TEVT as an alternative pathway for
employability.
 Maintain data base on all TEVT graduates and
information of local industry requirements.
 Role Identified for SBDB
 Developing Knowledge Base:
 Undertake study on Emerging Employment
Opportunities for flood affected people and IDPs (local
and outside)
 Identify those local products having demand at various
markets
 Action Program
 Help in creating market for local products (finished and
semi-finished) in other parts of the country (and export, if
possible)
 Encourage Chambers of Commerce & Industries in
promoting (few/selected) products from the project areas
Role Identified for CO and WO

 Help implementation of Cash for Work in

some areas
 Sensitization seminars on “Workers’ Rights”
for local workforce
 Develop and disseminate IEC Material on
Workers’ Rights