Government Polytechnic Institute Matta Swat

The constitution of Islamic republic of Pakistan makes it mandatory upon the state to make technical and professional education available to the students, providing them opportunities in skilled traders and other technical occupations. Article 37 (b) of the constitution reads: “The state shall remove illiteracy and provide free and compulsory secondary education within the minimum possible period; make technical and professional education generally available and higher education equally accessible to all on the basis merit.” With over 92 million populations below the age of 25 years coupled with 10 per cent unemployed rate and 1.8 per cent population growth rate, Pakistan directly needs a skilled and educated workforce, which can not only oater to the needs at national level but also help the country export skilled professionals to Gulf States and European countries. In this connection, The Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has a major role to play. TEVTA is, primarily, focused on establishing suitable mechanism to develop and oversee a system for integrating informal economy workers. The provincial government is committed to make TEVTA effectively operational and autonomous body and training organizations as the Directorate Education and Manpower Training (DGTE & MT) has been brought under the umbrella of TEVTA. I hope that the TEVTA system would help the provincial government achieve the targets set in the national skill strategy and will be able to provide relevant skills for industrial and economic development; improve access equity and employability; and assure quality for skills development.

Technical and Vocational Educational & Training (TVET) is gaining importance in wake of growing job market of skilled manpower, Today, Government Federal and Provincial levels lay high emphasis on strengthening and expansion of TVET with a view to engage youth and provide high technical skills to them in line with national and international job market requirements. TVET, all over the world, is supported by three main pillars-governments with a strong political commitment, a responsible and responsive industry and quality oriented training providing institutes. My focus is on the role of instates for bringing about quality, efficiency and efficacy in training delivery. We all understand that the ultimate purpose of imparting Technical Education and Vocational Training is to enable youth to find a gainful employment in Local, National and International market. It is here that the role of institutes becomes very important for preparing youth to handle/face challenging jobs requirement in public or Private sector. To me, the most important factor that effects the quality of training is the attitude of institutes management and the faculty. Head of the institutes matters as he/she takes along the entire team to work within the vision and mission statements of KP-TEVTA. A good team headed by a dynamic Principal/leader will deliver, even, out of scratch and vice versa. This is what I have observed/ learnt over my long career in TVET sectors. Notwithstanding some of the deficiencies in our existing system, we have enough resources in all Colleges/Institutes, which if utilized with prudence, can bring about a big change. It is only the matter of ownership which makes us work or not work. Our focus should be on the utilization of available resources on optimum level for ensuring a conducive Education and Training environment for the students covering not only their Academic/Training requirement but their physical fitness and personal hygiene as well. Principal should be a role model for setting the attitudes of his/her team and students. We must be aware that doing a perfect job is not easy. Hardship may come all along but determined people win amidst problems, at the end. Or society is over bulged with= the youth and only we can bring a change by taking shift from traditional supply driven Education and Training to Education & Skilling youth for Employment. The best performance indicators for an instates management by keeping track record of outgoing students by tracing their employment status and help students connect to the job/entrepreneurial opportunities. The students are advised to take full benefit of the time they spend in the institutes and try to learn as much as possible because the time never comes back. Build you future with your own hands. The prophet(PBUH) said “Efforts come from me and its fulfillment from Allah: let’s try our best and do whatever we can within our capacity. Let’s put our trust in “God help those who help themselves.

It is great pleasure that I welcome you to our GPI Matta website and as a first Principal I am hugely impressed by the commitment of the institute and the staff to the provision of an excellent all around education for our students. District Swat is spread over a vast area. And there was only one College of Technology for the entire district. Like other parts of the country, the population of this area has also expanded. But in view of the problems faced by the students due to the rush, the Upper Swat area was entitled to set up a technical college here. You are indeed blessed to find an opportunity to get one of the best Institute at your door step. All this was made possible by the interest of present KP Government, while KP-TEVTA put this into practice in a short time of period according to its Mission, Vision and Objectives. So keep in mind that progress is possible through Technical education, because technical education is cluster of general, morale and technical skills. Now it is high time that public of the upper swat take Keen interest in technical education to make our country stronger technically and economically. At GPI Matta Swat the tradition of excellence is ours and the choice is yours.