From classrooms to boardrooms | Political Economy

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Alaissia and Singapore offer a successful model of how national progress can be made with the help of industry-acidia. Steps such as Industry Academia Cooperation Program in Malaysia have collected multinational companies, such as Intel and Bosh and local universities, joint development curriculum, sponsor research and development and proposal industry. As a result, the job manufactured manpower is in line with the industry requirements.

Skills Future Singapore is a government -led move that includes private sector to actively equip the private sector through work -study programs, internship and life -long learning opportunities. Companies like DBS Bank and Sangatel actively cooperate with polytechnics and universities to design customized training paths that eat directly in employment.

These models show how well – -consummed partnerships – can ensure that graduates are not only employed but also professional trained and empowered.

Since Pakistan is suffering from its economic challenges, unemployment and less used human capital, promoting the partnership between industry and academia can be a powerful catalyst for development. With more than 60 % of Pakistan’s population under the age of 30, we stand in relation to population profits. Classes to transform this youth into a productive force, should be deliberate and permanent efforts to connect the classroom to the corporate world. In the early years after Pakistan’s independence, universities were not just educational institutions – they were crucified by national identity. Students from Karachi to Peshawar considered education the way for a new nation. The founding leaders of the country understood the power of skills. In 1947, Liavat Ali Khan emphasized that “our youth should be trained not only to earn but also to serve.”

For a while, this vision endured. Institutions like Punjab University, Karachi University, and later IBA and Nost have created generations of professionals that will move forward to build Pakistan’s bureaucracy, industries and financial institutions.

But as soon as the economy was modernized and the industries were modernized, what the students learned and a distance between the need for employers began to expand.

Today, this gap is no longer a crack – it is a fountain. The job market is growing faster than our curriculum. The unemployment of youth is increasing. Many excellent graduates use themselves without any direction and less.

If Pakistan wants to take on its promise to become a self-reliant, economically stable nation, it should look back on the vision of the post-independence-this time the corporate sector and the academia are running to the shoulders.

When corporations have actively invested in educational partnerships, they are working more than hiring skills – they are also creating the backbone of a self -sufficient, economically flexible nation. This cooperation fuels the development of GDP through the manufacture of a skilled, industry manpower that attracts investment and increases national productivity. They only give young people the power to be a job seek, but also employing creators and community leaders, urban engagement and social progress. By developing capacity in critical sectors like agriculture, renewable energy and technology, these measures reduce our dependence on imports and lead to innovation. Recently. , They lay the foundation of a nation that no longer wait for the solution – but also builds them.

In collaboration with corporate academia, change from token gestures and level -level CSR should be developed in nationwide partnerships that have real effects.

Considering that Pakistan is emphasizing the full transfer of Islamic banking by 2027, the need for trained professionals in finance is not more important than that.

Fail Bank, Mizan Bank and Many organizations are not just guiding financial changes – they are also helping to create a new professional identity, which is in accordance with the best ways and Islamic principles globally. But this identity can only flourish when universities offer special coursework, research cooperation and access to the real world exhibition of students.

Imagine a future where a student in Swat or Swat graduates with an internship experience at the Islamic Bank, understands the work of Sukuk and is aided by a comprehensive, moral financial innovation. In the future, the purpose of Pakistan is essential-and it starts with programs like Aghaz (Fail Bank), Alpha Lead (Bank Alfa) and DFLP.

Recruitment drives at job fairs and campuses is an important first step to eliminate the gap between education and employment. These measures not only help companies tap the latest talent pool, but also expose students to real -world opportunities, career paths and expertise.

Inviting industry leaders to educational institutions, companies can affect students with real -world insights, business travels and emerging industry trends. These sessions promote the culture of learning beyond textbooks, beds with exercise, and encourage students to integrate their wishes with the facts of the market.

Made management trainee program shows young graduates for corporate operations, decision -making framework and leadership. These programs are important in creating raw capabilities among capable professionals developed for a meaningful partnership in the economy. Forward thinking companies can share with universities to set up innovation labs or research centers that are focused on solving local issues-from agriculture to Fine Tech and Health Tech. These cooperation not only encourages the business -related innovation, but also encourages students to think creative and apply their educational knowledge to real -world issues.

In collaboration with corporate academia, change from token gestures and level -level CSR should be developed in nationwide partnerships that have real effects. The private sector will have to take the lead in conducting recruitment drives ahead of urban centers, which will bring experienced professionals to classrooms through guest sessions and build strict administration trainees and leadership development pipelines.

What if every corporation in Pakistan saw talent development as a kind, but as a business strategy? What if banks, tech companies, manufacturers and Startups invested for PR in universities but for development?

Real support has called for joint ownership research, which, to deal with the challenges of Pakistan’s unique industry and the formation of innovation centers and incubators on campuses, which transforms into businesses. It is not human friendship-it is the basis of a competitive, future economy.

Pakistan is not low on talent. It is less on the bridges between knowledge and opportunities. The corporate/ industry sector should move forward not only as recruiters, but also as co -creators of the future workforce. Academia should welcome this partnership, such as not as an intervention, but as evolution. The state should enable this ecosystem through ground convenience, privileges, policy and vision.

If we succeed, instead of flowing in search of compatibility, our youth will already be associated with industry needs, who patronize professionals and trust their ability to contribute to the economy and the country.

At that moment, the spirit of our founder vision – education as a national service – will not be remembered only. It will realize.

The author is a development expert, writes on education, gender and social issues. It can be arrived at Azra.Maqsood@gmail.com