Karachi: The Sindh Governor House in Karachi, a heritage place otherwise reserved for elite visitors only, will soon be utilised for conducting free-of-charge courses in different fields of Information Technology (IT) for 50,000 youngsters.

Incumbent Sindh Governor, Kamran Khan Tessori, said that preparations were being made to ensure that the initiative of the IT training courses would be launched soon after the month of Ramadan.

Tessori said that an aptitude test would be held at the Governor House to select the prospective students for the IT courses.

He said the IT training would enable qualified students to earn Rs 300,000 to Rs 500,000 every month.

He said there were several large unutilised rooms available at the palatial building of the Governor House and they could be best used for imparting IT training to youth.

He said that services of a number of charities and non-governmental organisations, having the relevant experience, were being engaged to conduct the IT training.

Tessori informed the audience of an introductory session held at the Governor House that he would also arrange scholarships for 1,000 brilliant students for their higher education.

Hassan Baig, whose non-profit is one such NGO whose services will be used to conduct the IT training, said that IT courses to be held at the Governor House would cost several thousand rupees if someone decided to enrol at any private institute to acquire the same computer-related qualification.

He said the training initiative would benefit thousands of students who didn’t have the financial means to get admission at any private training facility.

He said the facility of a library, cafeteria, business incubator, and latest IT laboratory facilities would be available to the students.

Baig said the youngsters would be trained in the fields of artificial intelligence, data sciences, web development, graphic designing, blogging, digital content creation, and such fields related to IT.