President Dr. Arif Alvi has underlined the need for capacity building of civil servants by ensuring the provision of quality training to them.
He was chairing a meeting of the Board of Governors of the National School of Public Policy in Islamabad on Friday.
He said the capacity building of the civil servants will enable them to appreciate, handle and resolve wide-ranging and ever-evolving challenges faced by the government.
The President urged NSPP to integrate Artificial Intelligence, utilize online and hybrid modes of learning in its training procedures and SOPs.
Arif Alvi emphasized the launch of short-duration training courses to impart specific and sector-specific skills required by government officers for better service delivery in special and technical disciplines.
During the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of NSPP, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal highlighted the need for improving the collective service delivery by the bureaucracy.
He also underlined the need to introduce IT-based technology platforms for imparting quality training, both short and long-term, to the officers stationed in far-flung areas of the country as well as smaller towns and cities.
Ahsan Iqbal also proposed the conversion of NSPP into a degree-awarding institution on the pattern of the National Defence University.
