Library

The STI Library contains a fairly large collection of books on diverse subjects such as management, development, philosophy, computer / information technology, finance, accounting, statistical management, social sciences, public administration, revenue administration, economics, humanities, political science, sociology, law, religion, history, bibliographies, literature, service law/manuals etc, Daily newspapers of national repute are accessible to trainees. Reference books like encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlas, handbooks, yearbooks, government publications, documents reports etc are available in the library. Books are systematically catalogued and a well-versed librarian is readily available to render advice and services.

Library Instructions

The participants are normally issued the course related books / materials on the first day of their arrival / report at the Staff Training Institute, at the time of course registration. They return these books / materials in the library on or before the last day / date of their course completion, in recognition of which they obtain / produce an NOC (i.e. No Objection Certificate) from the librarian. The defaulting participants neither are granted certificate of completion of training nor are relieved .Their names / particulars are also sent to the competent authority for disciplinary action and recovery of books / materials.

Besides the above, the participants can also borrow two books at a time for the duration of seven days or last day of the course completion, which ever comes first. The conditions of NOC from the librarian also apply in this case.

Full time/permanent faculty members can borrow up to four books at a time for the duration of ten days. However, on expiry of this period the books can be re-issued twice, provided the books are physically produced before the librarian at the time of re-issue. In case of any default, a fine of Rs. 50.00 per day is imposed and the matter is referred to the parent department of the member/competent authority for disciplinary action and recovery.

In case of loss of a book, the borrower either shall provide replacement or shall pay the cost of replacement as decided by the competent authority. In case the book is not available in the market, the person responsible would pay five times the historic price (recorded purchase price) of the book / material.

In case of transfer of any officer / official of the Staff Training Institute, he / she shall not be relieved until a NOC is obtained from the Librarian; Disciplinary case is also initiates imultanesly against the defaulters.

Internet Facility

STI has DSL facility. Free net facility is provided to both the Administration and Training Wings. All the employees of the STI are given separate systems that are linked together through different networking. While for the trainees, we have two big and spacious labs with enough capacity and computers that almost every trainee has access to net.

Faculty

The core faculty comprises of a Director, two Deputy Secretaries-cum-Deputy Directors, two Section Officers-cum-Instructors and a Training Officer.. In addition, the institute relies on associate faculty of senior field and secretariat officers and visiting faculty drawn from corporate and public sector as well as Peshawar - based autonomous organizations.

Eminent persons who have made marks in their respective fields are regularly invited to interact with the participants so as to strengthen and enrich the latter's awareness of the realm outside their work situation and to broaden their mental horizon.

The Director is generally an experienced and seasoned officer with distinguished teaching and professional experience and post graduate qualifications having attended some relevant courses at eminent institutions of Pakistan or abroad.

The Deputy Directors-cum Deputy Secretaries are an officer with a long service experience of teaching and a postgraduate degree. They are normally exposed to job oriented trainings. Section Officers-cum-instructors are mostly post-graduate with considerable professional experience. They are responsible for designing courses and identifying and engaging visiting faculty.

Computer Labs

STI provide basic, medium and advance computer training to the Provincial Government employees.

Two computer labs equipped with 44 Pentium-IV computers are operational to provide computing facilities to the participants

All the computers are connected via Local Area Network and following facilities are available in Computer Labs:-

Printing Facility

Central printing facility available in the computer Lab-I, available on LAN

Scanning

Scanner available in the Lab-I where documents can be scanned

Technical Support

Technical support available during Lab Timing

Lab Timing

Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 02:30 p.m.

Friday 08:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon

Sunday Holiday.

Sound System

The facility of sound system in classrooms and Computer Labs.

Other Facilities

The Staff Training Institute also has the following facilities to support its training activities.

1. Two spacious air-conditioned classrooms fully equipped with modern training facilities.
2. Two spacious air-conditioned Computer Labs fully equipped with the modern training facilities.
3. An air-conditioned Library with central /round tables/ sitting arrangements for group discussions syndicates as well as reading purposes.
4. A vast open space (outside the classrooms) for holding official ceremonies / functions.
5. Transport facility for pick and drops of guest /resource persons and local / study tours of the participants.