Ministry plans to redesign NIP
Islamabad, Spreading its wings to address the issue of unemployment among youth on war footing, the Ministry of Youth Affairs plans to redesign the summary of the National Internship Programme (NIP) in order to include majority of youth and ensure employment for those trained under the programme.
A source in the ministry said that in addition to relaxing the condition of 16 years of education, the new summary will come up with a dynamic employment strategy for internees. “The focus will be to provide technical training to youth that matches industrial requirements,” said that source.
He said that currently NIP is applicable to those who have completed 16 years of education. “In this way, it is mostly catering to the need of urban population with 80 to 90 per cent of internships going to urban youth thus ignoring the majority of youth (70 per cent) who live in rural areas.”
In the new NIP summary, he said that the ministry plans to introduce quota in accordance with educational qualification ranging from matriculation to masters. “The aim is to utilise the potential of youth that make 40 per cent of our total population for the development of the country,” he pointed out adding that there are plenty of employment opportunities for trained and skilled workforce. NIP is designed to benefit educated and unemployed youth of the country.
Presently, he said it caters to those who have completed 16 years of education from HEC-recognised universities or degree awarding institutions. The scheme is intended to provide hands on experience and temporary financial relief to unemployed and educated youth and also to keep them engaged and interested in acquiring additional knowledge and real work life experiences. The maximum age limit for consideration under the programme is 25 years.
The internship under the programme is a placement, which will automatically terminate after one year and as such must not be construed as granting any right to absorption or job with the government. The interns are entitled to a monthly stipend of Rs10,000 during the period of their placement, subject to satisfactory performance, duly verified by the recipient organisations.
To make the internship programme more result-oriented, he said that negotiations are under way with the World Bank for effective collaboration in this regard. He said that the ministry is in the process of arranging a workshop for need assessment. “The changes will be made considering the industry trends,” he said. Talking about another feature of the proposed summary, he said that it will focus on providing basic skills to aspiring candidates that will include English language course and computer and professional training.
“Previous experiences have shown that the biggest hurdle faced by youth in getting respectable employment is lack of such skills.” Currently, the ministry is busy in placing applicants for the third phase of NIP.
According to statistics provided by the ministry, around 70,000 applications have been received for the third phase. Among them, 25,545 applications have been verified and 14,407 are pending for verification with Higher Education Commission. The news
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