Education & Skill Development
Investing in Pakistan's human capital from classrooms to campuses, from villages to universities.
Higher education
IBA Karachi and Sukkur IBA
OGDC Talent Hunt Program (NTHP)
Empowering talented yet financially disadvantaged students across the country with access to world-class higher education at IBA Karachi and Sukkur IBA — because potential should never be limited by circumstance.
Fully funded scholarships: Tuition, accommodation, and living expenses covered at IBA Karachi and Sukkur IBA.
Six-month orientation: A structured preparatory program to bridge academic gaps and build university entry test readiness.
Merit-based selection: Students are selected on academic potential and financial need from OGDC's operational regions.
Success Story: Daughter of Shamaz Gull, a shopkeeper from Jhang, Uswa's path to a professional career was not straightforward. After completing her intermediate at Government Women College Jhang, it was her brother who pointed her toward the OGDC NTHP — a program that would open doors she had never imagined. At Sukkur IBA University, Uswa didn't just survive — she thrived. Balancing academics with curricular and extracurricular commitments, she graduated with a BBA in Agribusiness and earned a Gold Medal for outstanding performance. Today she serves as a Coordinator at PKLI, a JCI-accredited hospital.
Candidates completed orientation
Fully funded scholarships awarded
Year the program was launched
Top performers saw a 25x income rise
From financially disadvantaged households to top-earning professionals — the program's most exceptional graduates have transformed their family's economic trajectory entirely.
Employed within one year of graduation
Now earning six-digit monthly income
Reported improved inter-provincial harmony
Hold a positive perception of OGDC
Income Outcomes
Education & Career Path
Graduates are serving across industries — energy, finance, technology, health, and public service — contributing back to the national economy.
Role models
Graduates inspire siblings, neighbors, and peers — creating a community multiplier effect
2–5x
Household income increase — lifting entire families out of financial hardship
Uswa Mehreen Gull
Coordinator · Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute and Research Center (PKLI)
BBA Agribusiness · Sukkur IBA University
“My brother introduced me to a life-changing opportunity — the OGDC National Talent Hunt Program. That single moment changed everything for my family and for me.”
Gold Medallist — Sukkur IBA University
Awarded for outstanding academic performance across four years of BBA Agribusiness — from a government college in Jhang to the top of her graduating class.
Innovation
Aror University
OGDC established a state-of-the-art Game Design Lab at Aror University of Art, Architecture, Design and Heritage, Sindh. This pioneering initiative, is now fully operational and contributing to the long-term growth of Pakistan's gaming and animation industry.
Community learning
Mashl E Ilm
Mashal-e-Elm — lighting the way in Chapri
In partnership with Vision-21, OGDC is running a 4-year education and skill development program for out-of-school children and local women in village Chapri, district Attock.
Education: 232 children enrolled, with 136 progressing from non-literacy to primary, middle, and matric levels — several now mainstreamed into formal schools. The program maintains a healthy gender balance with 106 girls and 126 boys, reflecting growing community acceptance of girls' education.
Skills: The Tameer-e-Hunar Skill Development Center has graduated its first cohort of 21 women, with 27 more enrolled in the second cohort, gaining practical vocational skills for self-sufficiency.
Total enrolled learners
Progressed through academic stages
Skill development graduates
Program duration
Technical training
Navttc
Empowering youth
OGDC, NAVTTC, and the Prime Minister's Youth Program joined hands to deliver in-demand technical and digital skills to young people from OGDC's operational areas across Pakistan.
Applications received
Youth enrolled
Training completed
Trades offered
Training progress
Last updated: May 2025 · 575 in training
Trades covered
Candidates were jointly screened by NAVTTC and OGDC CSR teams from over 15,000 applications — reflecting the scale of demand for quality skill development in OGDC's communities.
School rehabilitation
Shakardara school
Uplifting educational standards in underserved communities
OGDC and Moawin Foundation partnered to rehabilitate two government schools in KPK and Punjab — bringing infrastructure, EdTech, and renewed community confidence to classrooms.
KPK — Shakardara Model High School
Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Infrastructure rehabilitation, classroom upgrades, digital learning integration, and teacher capacity building to restore a model institution serving Kohat district.
Punjab — Government High School, Basti Mithu Khel
Multan, Punjab
Physical infrastructure overhaul, sanitation upgrades, provision of 21st-century learning resources, and community re-engagement to bring this neglected school back to functional excellence.
TVET
Zebtech
OGDC, Government of Sindh & SZABIST–ZABTech partner to establish TVET Skill Development Center in Kashmore
