Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has reiterated his commitment to provide free online IT training to one million youth of the province in order to ensure their economic empowerment.
In this regard, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Punjab Information Technology Board and Malaysian company Reskills in Lahore on Wednesday.Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that Malaysian company will also provide the technical grant worth twelve million dollars to Punjab government for the training of youth between the ages of 16 to 30.Highlighting the features of the program, he said that youth will be able earn their livelihood through online means after getting training and above three billion rupees would be saved by this online training.