Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin ul Haq appreciated the launch of inDriver’s initiative of its first free IT Center in Pakistan (Karachi) to make underprivileged children equally efficient and productive for the country, besides empowering them to live quality life in collaboration with JDC.
The chief guest of the event was Federal Minister for IT and Telecom Minister Syed Amin-ul-Haque. Other prominent figures were Deputy Commissioner, Karachi Central District Taha Saleem, ex-president of Pakistan Houses Association for IT (P@SHA) Ms.Jahan Ara, senior actress and activist for child education and domestic abuse Ms. Sarwat Gillani and JDC founder Zafar Abbas.
“The event marked the official launch of the BeginIT program aimed at providing free IT education and the center is equipped with all modern gadgets and facilities required for the market driven courses. This would prove great help in grooming underprivileged children from orphanages, boarding schools and rural schools operating in slums and on the outskirts of this mega city housing more than 22 million diversified population.” In his introductory remarks, in Driver’s Senior BD Manager Hassan Qureshi said
BeginIT was a global social and educational project of the inDriver launched in 2012. The project was targeted at assisting talented but marginalized children to acquire skills in information technology helping them build their career.So far 127 orphanages, children’s homes and remote agricultural schools from 13 different countries have participated in this project. In Karachi, as the first batch, Under this project, 30 students have been selected, he said.
Federal Minister MOITT Syed Amin ul Haq aimed to empower the future generation with the ultimate goal of strengthening the national economy for prosperity and development of the country. He said that since his joining IT and ITes exports have grown exponentially and his focus has always been on ensuring transparency at all levels in his ministry.
He further reiterated that IT skills would enable young generation to pursue their careers and also create their own business opportunities contributing towards increasing GDP of the country.
The Federal Minister mentioned that his vision has always been in long term growth that is the reason he has aimed to provide connectivity to rural and urban areas of Pakistan and have made huge investments in providing wireless connectivity across the country.
Mr Syed Amin ul Haq has envisioned of making availability of IT skills for every male and female student of the country so that they can start earning from their home.
