CM Punjab call five-year plan for education reforms

Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Wednesday called for the monthly schedule of the five-year plan related to education reforms.

A special meeting regarding school education reforms was held under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, in which Senator Pervez Rasheed, Provincial Ministers Marriyum Aurangzeb, Rana Sikander Hayat, Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Sania Ashiq, Chief Secretary, Secretary Education and other relevant officials participated.

In the meeting, the public school re-organisation program was reviewed in detail, while the secretary school education informed the chief minister about the progress on the school nutrition project. Maryam Nawaz asked for the monthly schedule of the five-year plan of education reforms.

During the meeting, Chief Minister approved giving 32,298 computer tabs to primary school heads while it was agreed to establish IT and science lab in 1,000 elementary schools. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide financial assistance of 100 million dollars for the establishment of the lab.

The meeting also gave in-principle approval of the agreement to 0.3 million students of government schools for Google certification. The students will get opportunities for Google certification under the Digital Journey for Tech Valley project.

In the meeting, suggestions and recommendations for the establishment of Punjab Education Curriculum and Training were also reviewed, while in this regard it was informed in the briefing that more than 92 percent free books have been delivered.

Talking to the participants of the meeting, Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz said that the quality of education in government schools should be improved in any case.