KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): As many as 200 girls completed training courses in different skills and were awarded course completion certificates during a ceremony in this southern city on Tuesday.

The training programme, organised by the Afghan-Canadian Social Centre in collaboration with Canada's leading polytechnic institute, SAIT, included online courses in management sciences, business, English language, and Information & Communication Technology (ICT).

Ihsanullah Ihsan, head of the centre, told Pajhwok Afghan News the participants were imparted quality training under qualified instructors. Ihsan termed completion of the training programme a great success as the teachers and students braved all the security threats.

He said the centre was established in Kandahar in 2007 and 600 students had been graduated from there since then. He added that more than 300 girls graduated from the centre had been working on senior positions in various fields.

He said over 1,000 people, with half of them girls, were receiving training in various fields each year. He said they had arranged 55 English language classes, 29 computer classes and four business management classes with the help of 80 computers and internet facility.

In addition, he added, 215 girls were provided free transportation facility during the period of their training. He said 146 courses about religion, culture, economy, human rights, democracy and violence were also organised during the past three years.

Zhela, one of the participants, told Pajhwok Afghan News the training programme was very useful for enhancing their professional skills. The freshly-graduated girl said she would use the acquired skills to serve her country.

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