– ISLAMABAD – The National Highway Authority (NHA) has announced an internship program that will offer construction sector internships to 12,000 students. Prime Minister Imran Khan recently ordered the creation of the internship program to help young students find valuable experience and job opportunities in the construction sector in a bid to increase the employment rate of the country’s youth.
The Government of Pakistan announced the internship program through theirTwitter account, along with the Tehreek-e-Insaf. Included in the tweet wereposters of the program and information regarding positions and stipends.
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The internships will be offered to students studying to become CivilEngineers, Materials Engineers, Autocad Operators, Lab Technicians (relatedto the construction industry), Environmental Engineers, and SafeguardTrainees. Students in their last year of study in either their degrees ordiplomas are eligible to apply.
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The first phase of the program will cover one-month internships that willbe unpaid, whereas the second phase will have three-month internships witha stipend and a guarantee of a job offer. After the internees havecompleted this part of their training, they will be guaranteed a job witheither an NHA firm, consultant or contractor for a minimum of 12 months.The program will include around 40 projects currently being worked on underthe Public Sector Development Programme 2019-2020.
