National Highway Authority (NHA), with the accordance with Prime Minister Imran Khan has inaugurated an internship program aimed with an imparting training to educate youth in different sectors of the construction industry.
During the first year of the program, almost 12,000 students will be selected for training in both paid and non-paid internships.
The internship will be offered to students from the following fields:
Civil Engineering,
Material Engineering,
AutoCad Operator,
Lab Technician,
Environmental and Safeguard Trainee
In the first part of the program, there will be one-month non-paid internships. The second phase will have a three-month paid training with value experience guaranteeing a job.
The program is also applicable for the students who are studying in the last year of their degree or diploma.
After the completion of the training, all NHA firms, consultants and contractors will be bound to hire technically qualified interns for at least a year.
The students will be engaged in NHA’s 40 projects carried out under the Public Sector Development Programmed 2019-20.
It must be mentioned here that Minister for Communications and Postal Services, Murad Saeed, has also announced an internship program under Pakistan Post that will train 35,000 youngsters between the ages of 20-30 years