By: Our Correspondent
ISLAMABAD, 18th January, 2019: PTI led government has decided to conduct a National survey on youth in collaboration with Statistical Department and the United Nations Development Program. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs, Usman Dar has said that for the first time in the history of Pakistan, government is working on National Youth Development Index (NYDI) to introduce a culture of youth development in the country
The project is named “Kamyab Noujawan” – Successful Youth
SA to PM on Youth Affairs Usman Dar was chairing a meeting with a delegation led by Secretary Statistics Division and a team from UNDP to explore a way forward in this regard. It was agreed in the meeting that a tehsil-level national youth development survey would be conducted to capture data on youth’s education, health, employment, engagement and wellbeing.
“The launch of National Youth Development Index (NYDI) would be a revolutionary step for the socio-economic development of youth, as it would gauge level of youth development not only at provincial/regional level but also at the district and tehsil levels” Usman Dar added.
