Tag: technical education

  • Ministry of Science and Tech to introduce a video games certification programme

    Ministry of Science and Tech to introduce a video games certification programme

    Federal Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, announced a special programme of animation and video games certification to encourage young people to be part of the multi-billion dollar gaming industry.

    The minister said that they are looking to make people a part of the $900 million programming industry. He said that this new programme is especially targeted at those uninterested in studying and looking into video game development instead. According to him, the certification program should prove to be a “game-changer” for many. The tweet does not reveal any details, but since the Minister talks about Smartphone games, we can expect the program to lean more towards phone apps and games.

    The new initiative will be providing animation and video games certification programmes to young people in order to boost the local gaming industry.

  • Punjab govt to give 40% fee reduction to technical education students

    Punjab govt to give 40% fee reduction to technical education students

    Minister for Industries Punjab, Mian Aslam Iqbal has approved a 40% fee reduction for technical education students. 

    He chaired a meeting to allocate the annual budget for the provincial Board of Technical Education that has been approved.

    According to reports, a 13 point agenda was presented by the board on which all the members of the meeting agreed.

    A decision was taken that students who have been promoted without a formal examination this year due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country will be given 40% relief in tuition fees.

    The fee reduction is only for the students of Diploma for Associate Engineering (DAE), commerce, Matric (tech) and Matric (vocational).