Specialized Felt Department Launched in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

Shahrekord – The Director General of Technical and Vocational Training in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari said that the launch of a specialized felt department at the province's technical and vocational training centers is an effective step toward developing skills-based education and preserving cultural authenticity.

According to Mehr reporter, Mohammad Alavi on Wednesday morning in the opening ceremony of the felt specialized department in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari technical and vocational education complex, referring to the naming of Shahrekord as the national felt city, said: This creative action of Shahrekord municipality is a valuable and progressive move in the direction of preserving traditions, culture, originality and local capacities of the region.

He added: Considering the place of felt in the cultural identity and native industries of Shahrekord, it is an undeniable necessity to pay special attention to this art and craft and introduce its capabilities to Iranians. In this regard, the measures taken to develop the tourism chain and felt production in the neighborhood of Namdmalha, as well as holding related exhibitions in the province over the past one or two years, have been effective steps in introducing this capacity.

Director General of Technical and Vocational Education, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, emphasized the need to pay attention to skill training along with cultural and production measures and stated: Along with the valuable moves made to introduce and develop the felt industry, the issue of specialized and skill training based on this industry should also be followed seriously.

Alavi continued: The country's Technical and Vocational Education Organization, as the trustee of providing informal skill training, has the duty to provide training for skilled human resources in accordance with local capacities and the needs of the labor market. Based on this, the establishment of a specialized felt department was put on the agenda in coordination with the municipality, the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, the Chamber of Commerce and other related institutions.

Appreciating the efforts of the colleagues of the technical and vocational education group of the province, especially the employees of the number one center of brothers and sisters center, he noted: with the follow-up carried out by colleagues, educational officials and related groups, today we are witnessing the fruition of this action and the beginning of the specialized department of felt in the province.

The necessity of adapting skill training to market needs

Director General of Technical and Vocational Education Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, emphasizing the need to pay attention to the needs and taste of the market in formulating educational standards and designing felt-based products, said: the development of skill training reaches a desirable and lasting result when the educational content, professional standards and produced products are in accordance with the real needs of the market and the taste of customers.

Alavi added: In formulating educational standards, designing professions and producing products in this department, the needs of the market should be seriously considered; Because this approach will increase the acceptance of the products, the expansion of skill training and the sustainability of activities related to the felt industry.

He said: We hope that with the development of these trainings, the field of industrial and cultural growth in the field of felt will be provided and more people in the province will be empowered to design and produce various products based on felt.

private sector; The powerful arm of skill training development

Director General of Technical and Vocational Education Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, referring to the role of the private sector in the development of skill training, said: to achieve success in this field, we must pay attention to the private sector as one of the powerful capacities of the society and use the expertise and experiences of the activists of this sector in the best way.

While appreciating the presence of private sector activists in this program, including Taghanian and Askarian, who cooperate in the field of dyeing and development of related trainings, Alavi said: interaction and cooperation between the public and private sectors can be the basis for improving the quality of trainings, developing felt-based productions and better utilization of existing capacities in the province.

He emphasized: The approach of the technical and vocational education complex of the province should be to facilitate and support private sector activists so that these complexes can take steps in the development of education, production and employment without facing unnecessary obstacles.

At the end, Alavi expressed his hope that the establishment of a specialized felt department would lay the groundwork for more effective measures in the field of skill training, preservation of cultural heritage, and the development of indigenous products production in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari.