摘要：This study intended to analyze the opinions of interns and their supervisors regarding the success of National Internship Program in Education in terms of its role in the provision of financial relief, enhancing employability, exploring youth talent and capabilities. Fourteen (14) government educational institutions of Islamabad were identified depending upon the availability of interns. The population of this study comprised of 950 interns and 746 teachers designated as supervisors, out of which 342 interns along with 150 supervisors were randomly selected as the sample. Two separate questionnaires on 5-point Likert type Scale were developed, for obtaining opinions of interns and their concerned supervisors/ mentors. For pilot testing of the questionnaires, these were administered to a small sample of 40 respondents who were selected from the whole population and were not included in the target sample. The data were analyzed using mean scores and t-test to find out the significant difference between the opinions of interns and supervisors at 0.05 level of significance. The major findings included that NIP has played vital role in enhancing employability; it proved as the best opportunity for exploring youth talent and capabilities; Interns attained valuable on- the-job training, extensive and experiential learning; NIP proved the best strategy for transforming theory into practice. The study recommended that NIP should continue in future for strengthening youth potential.
关键词：Internship; employability and on-the-job training
