ISLAMABAD: Chinese and Pakistani officials signed a package of cooperation documents and launched joint programs to advance vocational education in various disciplines this week, Pakistani state media reported on Thursday, aiming to integrate the needs of various industries with skills training.
The agreements were announced at the “Seminar on International Cooperation and Exchange: Integration of Industry and Education in Vocational Education between China and Pakistan” held in China’s capital Beijing this Tuesday.
Twenty-one items were signed and five cooperation platforms were unveiled between the two sides, the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported. These items and platforms covered professional standards, shared teaching resources, faculty and curriculum development and enterprise-linked training bases.
“Vocational education has the ingredients to transform the dreams of young people into jobs, skills and employment,” Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Khalil Hashmi was quoted as saying by APP.
Under the Professional Standards and International Teaching Resource Database track, partners agreed to develop standards and resources in disciplines such as Culinary Arts & Nutrition, Fashion and Costume Design, Food Inspection and Testing, Supply Chain Operation, Fine Chemical Technology, Modern Agriculture Production, and Information Security Technology Applications, the APP said.
