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NSPP start online short courses for Govt officers to strengthen their capacity. President Alvi

President Dr Arif Alvi presiding a meeting of the Board of Governors of the National School of Public Policy (NSPP) at Aiwan-e-Sadr, on 21-10-2020.

ISLAMABAD ( WEB DESK )

President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday has asked the management of National School of Public Policy (NSPP) to start online short courses for the Government officers to strengthen their capacity and to enhance their understanding about various issues.

He underscored that training programs needed to be aligned with the best international practices of public policy to make the government officers publicly-responsive and highly-motivated to manage the challenges being faced by Pakistan.

He made these remarks while chairing the 17th meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG) of NSPP, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, today. The meeting was attended by Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari, Secretary Establishment, Dr Ijaz Munir, Rector NSPP, Mr Azmat Ali Ranjha, Dr Faisal Bari, Ms Arifa Subohi and other members of the BoG.

Rector NSPP, Mr Azmat Ali Ranjha briefed the chair about the role of NSPP in imparting training to government officers. He highlighted the steps taken by NSPP for offering online courses during the Covid-19 pandemic.

He informed that NSPP, as a first step, had split the duration of Mid-Career Management Course (MCMC) into two parts i.e. 10 weeks at NSPP and 4 weeks of domain-specific technical training at the respective specialized training institutes.

The BoG constituted a Search Committee with the mandate to prepare customized criteria and draft terms and conditions for selection of the Deans.

The Board ratified the decisions taken by the Executive Committee of the BoG concerning the promotion cases of BS-17 officers of NSPP and its units.

The President expressed satisfaction over the role of NSPP that responded well during the Covid-19 pandemic by completing ongoing training courses through online classes.

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