‘Quality education govt’s top priority’

Punjab Schools Education Minister that result-oriented reforms would be introduced in education sector in province

LAHORE: A special attention will be given to quality education and teachers training. This was stated by Punjab Schools Education Minister Dr Murad Rass.  He was speaking in education taskforce meeting through a video link from the civil secretariat on Monday. The meeting was chaired by Federal Minister Shafqat Mehmood from Islamabad and was attended by representatives of different provinces and educationists. Dr Rass said that result-oriented reforms would be introduced in the education sector in the province. He apprised the meeting about the performance of Punjab schools education department, problems faced by it and the future strategy. The meeting held a detailed review of different issues, including schooling of out of school children, unified educational system and provision of quality education. Later, he attended a meeting of CEOs (Education) of Rawalpindi and Sargodha divisions. The CEOs apprised the meeting about problems of their respective districts and gave various proposals for the solution of the problems.  

Published in The Express Tribune, September 11^th, 2018.