Abstract
his study tries to investigate the assessment of the FATA Development Authority’s skill development program offered for FATA youth. The aim is to explore the social impact of the FATA Development Authority’s skill development program in Khyber Agency and to critically analyze the three main objectives of these programs which are: to impart new skill in the youth and to make them more competent, to increase the employability level of the youth and lastly to promote the entrepreneurial spirit in order to start their own business. The trainings were broadly divided into hard and soft skills trades, which were planned in more than 35 different trades and covered the entire FATA region. These trainings were also conducted in Khyber Agency in these different trades. Due to unavailability of data, confidentiality and loss of archival data, only 6 different trades with three each for hard and soft skills have been taken in Khyber Agency. Trainings for these trades were conducted in the financial year 2013-14 and 2014-15. The data have been collected through semi-structure interviews with the trainees and then it were analyzed descriptively. Total of 35 out of 51 trainees were interviewed for the study in selected trades. Finding of this study shows that only 26% of the trainees learned new skills, 20% of the trainees got employment or self-employed and 17% of trainees started their own business
Akbar Jan, Shabana Gul, Muhammad Naeem. (2018) Social Impact of FATA Development Authority Skill Development Program in Khyber Agency, Jinnah Business Review, Volume 6, Issue 2.
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