Daily Times

LAHORE: Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) Chairperson Irfan Qaiser Sheikh has said that the TEVTA is working for making quality of training courses better as international master trainers will provide international level education to Pakistani youth.

He was talking to Sri Lanka trainers who called upon him on Tuesday at his office. He said that the students will also be able to obtain international opportunities. He said that TEVTA will bear the living expenditures of these trainers as well as paying them for training youth.

He was of the view that like Sri Lanka, TEVTA is also working for provision of master trainers from other countries like China and Japan which will increase the capability of students. 15 master trainers of Sri Lanka arrived in Pakistan to train 1400 students in courses of Food Preparation and Cooking (Pastry) and Food Preparation and Cooking (Culinary).

The six month courses are being offered at nine TEVTA institutions in four districts of Punjab including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad and Multan. Sri Lankan trainers said that they are pleased to be in Pakistan.

They said that Sri Lanka’s chef industry is one of the best in Asia and we would be pleased that our services will help Pakistani youth to learn international standard training in foods and culinary. We will deliver our best, they said.