Protech Institute of Computer & Sciences (PiCS)
Protech Institute of Computer & Sciences (PiCS) is one of the Strategic Business Units of Protech Ltd. PiCS empower people in their careers through the best ever Technical and none Technical education experience in the country. PiCS is an education and training institution that is established to meet the ever increasing need for computer literacy and Management skills required for successful employment in all spheres of business throughout the world today, specifically in Afghanistan being an emerging market. PiCS’ highly qualified staff has been working in high professional capacities for the past one decade and has gained immense experience in skill building and capacity development trainings. PiCS is proud to have personnel of high Academic Excellence who are capable of developing as well as implementing PiCS specific teaching approach and methodology. PiCS imparts technical as well as non-technical education by experimenting, demonstrating and exercising past scenarios, case studies, experiments and employs a hands-on technique of teaching.
PiCS recognizes the following two types of skills;
Hard Skills (Technical):
Hard skills are technical skills required for the correct usage of computer and other sciences.
Soft Skills (Non-Technical):
Soft skills are non-technical required for the efficient, productive, timely and optimized usage of hard (technical) skills. Capacity development is actually soft skills enhancement.
PiCS unique style of teaching undergoes the following broad criteria;
1 Identity personnel weak areas or grey points by conducting a preliminary test called Training Needs Assessment (TNA).
2 Categorize the personnel into different groups of Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Level
3 Develop different courses for the different groups of Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Level
4 Choose the right Methodology for Training
5 Performance Appraisals ( Measurement)
6 Award Certificate of Completion to Successful candidates who mark minimum 75%
“Success Through Change”
By constantly practicing its unique style of teaching, PiCS has developed a brand name which speaks volumes of its high quality and standard. PiCS believe in its own philosophy of “Success Through Change” and therefore strives hard to implement a mentoring technique rather than just lecturing. PiCS set Performance Measurement Indicators by conducting a pre-assessment test which serves as Reference Points to measure "The Change" which it wants to bring in order to get success.
PiCS is more concerned about enhancing skills as well as building capacities employing its own Philosophy of "Success Through Change" of the existing human resource inside an organization rather than developing skills from scratch. Although PiCS primary target market is low-skilled and medium-skilled employed staff of Organizations but still is proud to have a separate wing for unskilled and unsponsored public students dedicated to developing new skills in Computer as well as Management Sciences.
For staff trainings we have the following two phases;
1. Enhancing Skills (Technical)
2. Building Capacities (Non-Technical)
1. Enhancing skills refer to the technical or hard skills improvement or up gradation of the existing skills to be boosted. PiCS has carved out its own approach and methodology flashing back to its vast perspective of skill building and capacity development trainings in the past. It has resolved to continue improving its teaching techniques and course materials to match the ever changing world of business, skill and behavior. PiCS strongly believes in maintaining its own distinctive standards and differentiation from others in the market by imparting quality knowledge and education.
2. Building Capacities:
Developing Capacities is on the other hand refer to soft skills improvement or enhancement of the existing skills of the employees or building new skills of the students. With enhanced capacities of employees and staff, institutional strengthening becomes easy. PiCS has its own strategy for improving institutional strengthening by Organizational Capacity Development. PiCS offers Management Skills Trainings which may be referred to as Soft Skills Development and employs the following methodology;
Before we go for capacity development, we must build and enhance skills of the employees. So, skills enhancement is the first phase of the process while building capacities is the second phase.
1. Enhancing Skills.
- Acquiring skills and resources
2. Building Capacities:
After skills enhancement, capacity development is a fourth step process below;
- Developing an organizational structure
- Developing a vision and strategy
- Establishing an organizational attitude
- Developing a conceptual framework
PiCS provide the following services in general;
Hard Skills Trainings:
1 Training of IT, ICT and ICDL
2 Training of Book Keeping, Accounting and Finance
3 Hard Communication Skills
4 Project Management
5 Office Management and Support
6 Monitoring and Evaluation
7 Proposal/Report Writing
8 Email Etiquettes
9 Internet Surfing
10 End User IT
11 Human Resource Management
Soft Skills Trainings:
1 Leadership and Management
2 Personal Effectiveness
3 Conflict & Disaster Management
4 Organizational Development
5 Soft Communication Skills
The above trainings can be provided either On-Site or Off-Site.
