Identification of Relevant Technical & Vocational Skills for Job Growth & HRD in the Context of CPEC Projects for Baluchistan

Identification of relevant trades/skills, in technical vocational education and trainings (TVET), for the need of prospective CPEC projects, both in short and long terms, are necessary for devising optimal human resource policies for job growth and economic development of all provinces of Pakistan. Baluchistan is the least developed province of Pakistan and its socio-economic development requires focused and objective based policy options under CPEC for skill development, job growth, and human resource development. The system of TVET is not yet explored to know if it fulfills the demand for skills for job growth and human resource development under the prospective CPEC projects in the province. Conventional TVET trades/skills, overlapping of TVET trades/skills provision by different public-sector departments, non-functional status of BTEVTA, low coordination level among different departments for TVET provision, low skill levels, poverty, insurgency, and other low levels of socio-economic indicators are serious issues to pause the provision and development of relevant TVET trades/skills required for yielding the benefits of prospective CPEC projects in the province.