Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC) was established in October 1998 on the basis of Public Private Partnership by the Government of the Punjab. PVTC is utilizing Zakat Funds for poverty alleviation on the principle of dole out payroll by providing demand driven skill training to deserving youth specially Mustahaqeen–e–Zakat at their door step, involving private sector to enhance employability and assist the graduates in their placement for permanent rehabilitation and arranging financial support for their self-employment from Micro Finance Institutions and NGOs.
PVTC is a unique model of its kind in the entire Muslim World, which utilizes Zakat as a tool of skills and economic empowerment as conceived by the Chief Minister of Punjab during his first tenure in 1998. It has pioneered way to channel Muslim Charity (Zakat) funds to support an effective model of vocational training for the permanent rehabilitation of the poorest youth of our society.
PVTC has a state of the art Staff and Teacher Training Institute (STTI) to train its trainers both in the pedagogical skills as well as in their skills up gradation.
PVTC manages its VTIs through autonomous boards of potential employers. It is authorized by the PVTC Act of 1998 to take exam and issue certificates / diplomas after completion of training. It is mandatory for each trainee to have two months on the job training (OJT) as per the curriculum.
Jhang - VTIs
| Tehsil: | Ahmadpur Sial |
| Phone: | 047-5340828 |
| Address: | Opposite Police Station Ahmadpur Sial |
| Tehsil: | Jhang |
| Phone: | 0312-6500678 |
| Address: | Chak-170 JB, Dabwala |
| Tehsil: | Shorkot |
| Phone: | 047-5310311 |
| Address: | Hostel Building Govt.Boys High School, Tehsil Chowk, Shorkot City |
| Tehsil: | Shorkot |
| Phone: | 047-5643206 |
| Address: | Telephone Exchange Road, Haveli Bahadur Shah,Tehsil Shorkot |