Brussels,07 March(APP):“Vocational education combined with class room education is vital for absorbing Pakistani youth in employment and with majority of Pakistan’s population in the category of young people there are vast opportunities in Pakistan for vocational training institutions on the pattern of Germany” stated Ambassador of Pakistan to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg Naghmana Alamghir Hashmi while addressing the conference on Dual Education in Pakistan at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday. Dual Education is a system prevalent in Germany which combines vocational training and classroom education.
The conference was co-hosted by the members of the European Parliament from the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR), Baroness Nosheena Mobarik CBE and Bernd Kölmel. The conference gave experts, decision-makers and interested parties an opportunity to present their experiences and exchange information regarding vocational education in Pakistan, along with examples of good practices in implementing aspects of Germany’s dual education system in Pakistan.
In their opening remarks MEPs Baroness Nosheena Mobarik and Bernd Kölmel explained about the dual educational system in Germany, which combines vocational training and formal education and has a successful record of preparing students for vocational occupations. Both the public and private sectors in Pakistan have expressed an interest in learning more about how aspects of the German dual education system could be applied to vocational education programmes in Pakistan.
Experts who spoke on the occasion included Mr Shahid Hussain, CEO of Service Sales Corporation Ltd. Pakistan, Dr Shahid Mahmud Chairman and CEO of Interactive Group of Companies, Pakistan Mr Sardar Nayab Gohar Chief Operating Officer and Board Member of TÜV Rheinland Arabia, Saudi Arabia Ms Gertrud Hirtreiter of German Confederation of Skilled Crafts, ZDH, Ms Thomas Hochleitner of Department Vocational Education Bavaria and Mr Erik Swars of Swiss Federal Institute of Vocational Education.
The opportunities for possible pilot projects and future cooperation between German, British, and Pakistani institutions in the implementation of dual education systems were also discussed.
Source :VNS
