TEHRAN, Iran, Aug 12
Trend:
The Deputy Minister of Labor Cooperation and Social Welfare of Iran said 1.5 million jobs were lost during the Covid-19 outbreak.
“There should be specialized training centers, next to the industries, in order to increase the staff skills,” Ali Ausat Hashemi said, Trend reports citing IRNA.
He called for a link between industry and the country's Technical and Vocational Education Organization.
“We need agreements between industries and the Iran Technical and Vocational Training Organization to create jobs,” he added.
The Deputy Minister emphasized that the Iran Technical and Vocational Training Organization can prepare the workforce for 56 job groups with thousands of professions, while until two years ago there were only 92 Technical and Vocational Training centers in the country.
Hashemi announced the plan to create 1400 centers by the end of the current Iranian year (which ends on March 21, 2022).
