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ISLAMABAD, May 18 (APD) -- Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab and China’s north-eastern Tianjin city have signed two agreements to boost cooperation in education sector, officials said on Thursday.
Chief Minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif, on Thursday told media persons that Punjab and Tianjin will cooperate in teachers' training, syllabi curricula and an innovation center.
The agreements were signed between Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority of Government of Punjab and Tianjin Modern Vocational Technology College and Tianjin University of Technology and Education.
“We have great expectations from the cooperation. Tianjin's industrialization and vocational education are excellent, and this cooperation will promote the prosperity of Punjab and improve living standard of the people of Pakistan,” said Shahbaz, on his return from China after attending Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.
“The forum is a great initiative for the wellness of humanity. Projects worth billions of rupees have been signed between China and Pakistan on the sidelines of the forum, whose implementation will ensure success and development in Pakistan,” Shahbaz said.
Terming China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as core project to change the economic game of Pakistan, the Chief Minister said “People between the ages of 16 and 30 make up about 60 percent in the whole Pakistan and they need to be trained to master some skills.”
Shahbaz, who rules Pakistan’s Punjab province with a population of over 100 million, said Pakistan suffered from low employment and outdated industry for a long time due to a lack of adequate power supply, but now power projects being constructed by China already have brought hope to the country.
Pakistani delegation was welcomed by Secretary of Tianjin Municipal Committee Li Hongzhong and Tianjin’s Mayor Wang Dongfeng.
On the occasion of signing the agreements, Li said both Punjab province and Tianjin will jointly participate in the CPEC construction, and strengthen an all-round cooperation and exchange in the field of commerce and trade, science and technology, vocational education and tourism.
Chief Minister concluded his talks by saying that Punjab will enhance its cooperation with Tianjin in the fields of vocational education, industrial park and textile industry.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
