Sindh Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (STEVTA)
The Government of Sindh established Sindh TEVTA to enhance the employability of young men and women through skills development.
- Affiliation
- Government
- Date of Establishment
- 2009
- Contact No.
- (+92) 21 99244112-7
- Address
Abdul Wahid Uqaily, Managing Director, ST-19, Block 06, Ghulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan
- Email Address
- info@stevta.gos.pk
- Website
- http://www.stevta.gos.pk/
1. Source of funding
Government and donors
2. Mission and objectives
To develop qualitative of workforce meeting local and international labor market needs by ensuring excellence in training through research & development, effective management and regulation of TEVT setup in the Province
3. Areas of work relating to youth employment
Enterprise development, employment services, skills and employability training and labour market information and analysis.
4. Partners and areas of partnership
International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Sindh
5. Potential or existing partnership with the ILO
The ILO has been providing support to Sindh TEVTA in the areas of: Developing a provincial skills strategy for youth employment in Sindh; introducing and mainstreaming “Know About Business – KAB”, the ILO’s entrepreneurship education tool in TVET Institutes; improving the management and governance of Sindh TEVTA; Staff Development through Instructors’ training; Labour Market Information and Analysis (LMIA); and developing TEVTA’s capacity to establish Institute-Industry Linkages.
6. Successful youth employment interventions
Sindh TEVTA, like global best practices, is attending to rapidly increasing unemployed youth while and a skilled labour shortage by improving the efficiency of TEVT administration, improving infrastructure, faculty and staff development and introducing demand driven academic programs, trainings, by developing industrial linkages and involving potential stakeholders.