Japan and Pakistan to invest 700 million for establishment of technology and Skills University in Pakistan

Islamabad: The government of Pakistan is making a new strategy for the establishment of National University of Technology and Skills Development along with an investment worth Rs. 700 million in association along with Japan next year.

The five-course syllabus of University has already been approved by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.

The draft is pending for the sanction of Ministry of Science and Technology currently.

The representatives of Construction Technology Training Institute’s (CTTI) Islamabad and Japan Official Development Assistance (ODA) met on Thursday.

Jamil Ahmed, Director of CTTI, said:

“The draft law for the establishment of the university will soon be scheduled after approval.”

CTTI, formerly known as Construction Machinery Training Centre (CMTC), was first established in 1986 with the assistance of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). It started as the training center for construction machinery however after that it started offering other courses too and so in 1992, it was entitled as Construction Technology Training Institute.

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“Furthermore it has extended the technical cooperation under which it has assisted along with the modification of curriculum and textbook and along with the provision of latest equipment in order to match the advanced technology and requirement of the industrial sector,” he added.

Director said that the institute now offers training courses, vocational courses as well as diploma courses in mechanical, civil, automobile and diesel.

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CTTI follows government allocated quota for seats of provinces. He also said that the institute has a large number of machinery provided by Japan.

Moreover, CTTI has produced a number of valuable engineers who are presently working in different national and international companies.

The project is expected to complete till September 2017.