Skills for Youth Project

Youth across Pakistan face challenges in gaining relevant skills that prepare them for employment. Youth in unstable areas like Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are at a particular disadvantage, with comparatively fewer job opportunities than other areas of Pakistan. However, a growing ICT market offers a unique entry point for both skills training and employment.

The project installed Cisco networking training equipment at all the partner institutions and trained 132 IT teachers (113 men, 19 women) as Cisco academy instructors to cascade the ICT skills training to students. The Cisco academies established through SYP enrolled 4533 students, of which 3592 completed their training during the life of the project. The trainees included 1443 students (531 girls; 912 boys) trained in IT Essentials, 1945 students (155 girls; 1790 boys) trained in CCNA-Routing and Switching and from this group, 204 students (15 girls; 189 boys) were selected for additional training in CCNA-Security. These ICT training courses are in great demand in the national and international industries.

Source: USAID
Year: 2018