US Government hands over equipment to support youth training in employable information technology skills in Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University

Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar in collaboration with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), organized a ceremony today at Main Campus of the University to hand over information technology (IT) equipment for student training. The training course prepares young students for entry level IT jobs in the market. The course includes hands-on labs and the equipment is meant to support the training and provide practice with IT tools. The instructors trained through USAID's Skills for Youth Project will train 1200 students in IT Essentials and 2050 students in CCNA R&S and CCNA Security across nine districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In the above mentioned context, the said training was also organized in the university from July 24, 2017 till August 24, 2017 for the employees of women university.

The $2.9 million USAID-funded Skills for Youth Project is USAID's first Global Development Alliance-based activity in Pakistan. Through the project, USAID has partnered with Cisco Systems and World Learning in the private sector and the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to bring certified employable skills to the youth in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The project is also working with potential employers to place the top 30% trainees under internships and job opportunities.