PAPGAI has made sincere efforts under the leaderships of Dr.Minhajuddin, Mr.Ismail Aziz, Mr. Salman Haroon, Mr.Naseeruddin and several other honourable members to promote the cause of technical education at Karachi.
To address the issue of capacity building, PAPGAI has taken significant initiatives under the TVET Sector Support Program in partnership with STEVTA funded by European Union, Government of Germany, and Government of Norway. Under the TVET Sector Support Program, following milestones were achieved:
- Development of 10 Qualification Courses:
- Offset Printing Level 2 – 3 (Level 4 & 5 are under development)
- Post Press Operations (Publishing) Level 2 – 5
- Post Press Operations (Packaging) Level 2 – 5
- 5 Certified National Assessors to examine the trainees performance
- Only Sector To Implement Diploma (Level 5) Training in TVET
- Successful Completion of 1,000 TVET trainees with on the job training option
- 100% job placement of trainees in leading printing presses domestically and internationally.
In addition to this PAPGAI has an MOU with Trace Pakistan (https://tracepakistan.com) which is doing a good job in running certificate courses for Offset Printing Machine operators to overcome the shortage of skilled and properly educated human resource.