The Punjab Government, in a major initiative, has decided to cover the maximum institutions under the Mass Counselling Program launched across the State.
Under the program, as many as 1,022 programs was organised in different organisations in 2012 to provide better employment opportunities to the unemployed youths and update their knowledge concerning employment, spokesman of Punjab Employment Generation and Training Department said on Sunday.
He said that the department would cover the maximum institutions under this program during the current year. The spokesman further said that a total of 1,96,969 (1.97 lakh) students and teachers participated in mass counseling program in 2012. In comparison 1.45 lakh (1,45,446), 1.57 lakh (1,57,034), 1.77 lakh (1,76,903) and 1.87 lakh (186789) students and teachers took part in the mass counseling program in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively.