Abstract
Vulnerable and unemployed women of Nowshera district have no opportunity in their region to create their own employment and sustainable livelihood in order to redeem themselves and their families, out of extreme poverty. Vocational training (VT) is expected to offer skills to uneducated and jobless women there. Vocational training is an essential tool for integrating special people in society and makes them a productive member of community. This paper presents findings of an exploratory study conducted on vocational Center’s of Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Keywords: Vocational training, kills development, homeless women, uneducatedhusbands, poverty reduction,rural employment.
Highlights
Education and skills development are central to agricultural and rural employment
The vocational training is an essential tool for integrating special people in society and makes them productive members of community
Statistics shows that literacy rate in Amangarh Union Council are very low; 18% (Questionnaires filled from women of target villages)
Summary
Education and skills development are central to agricultural and rural employment. They prepare mostly young people for work in the formal and informal sector in rural areas and play an important role in poverty reduction. There is no opportunity for vulnerable, unemployed and homeless women of Nowshera district to create their own employment and sustainable livelihood in order to redeem themselves and their families, out of extreme poverty. There are 47 union councils in Nowshera district. Women Vocational center is required in every Union Council but currently there are only 11 vocational centers of which only two are active; vocational center in Dagi (30-35 students/year) and Whisper Center (50- 60 student/semester) in Pirpiai Union Council (Interviews and questionnaires) (Case study of whisper skill center)
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