KARACHI: Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) signed Memorandum of Understanding to establish collaborative partnership between two institutions for enhancing demand-driven skills training in country.

Chairperson NAVTTC Gulmina Bilal Ahmed and President KCCI Iftikhar Ahmed Sheikh inked paper. DG NAVTTC Sindh Azizullah Chandio and Chairman of KCCI’s Special Committee for MoU Implementation Junaid Esmail Makda were nominated as focal persons. Senior Vice President Altaf A. Ghaffar and Vice President Tanveer Ahmed Barry and KCCI Managing Committee members were present. Gulmina Bilal said NAVTTC will be imparting special trainings to youth and wherever felt necessary, curriculum will be modified as per requirements of industries after consultations with stakeholders through feedback mechanism. 

Iftikhar Ahmed extended full support and cooperation to NAVTTC in addition to stressing need for making joint efforts so that youngsters could be effectively trained as per industries’ requirements. He advised Chairperson NAVTTC to arrange some kind of seminar or workshop at KCCI wherein maximum number of KCCI members would be invited so that business community could be acquainted about services being provided by NAVTTC.