A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF CPEC ON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN GWADAR

Abstract

This paper offers a brief overview of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that brings upcoming educational projects of higher education and vocational and technical education center in the Gwadar city. It will provide job opportunities, technical training with modern facilities for youngsters of Baluchistan. It will also help to resolve the political differences among the tribes and make them understand the political, geographical conditions of the region and its needs to cope up with the other provinces of Pakistan and the developing world. The approach in this paper based on the previous literature review during the last five years provides the knowledge and highlights the needs and importance of educational development in Gwadar and how CPEC supports and plays a vital role in education and regional development which helps the students to stay there and can get the best access to higher and technical education. It also helps to make the younger people of the city more flexible and innovative to deal with uncertainty and crises at the national and global level. Preliminary findings show that CPEC fulfill the human resources needed in education, technical and health sector in Gwadar by launching world class government university, appointments of best teachers on merit base only and provide best facilities to youth of this city technically and helps to solve the unemployment issues which promotes economic and social development at grass root level and empowering the common people. Investment in education sector not only brings the changes in educating the people but also improve the power supply sector, water supply and infrastructure of the city.