Education budget spiked by 18%

Budget to be used for provision of quality furniture, sports and science equipment

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan government has increased its educational budget by 18 percent to improve the education sector in the province, said Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani in an exclusive talk with APP on Monday.

The increasing of educational budget was aimed to improve the sector with provision of quality furniture, sports and science equipment and other basic facilities in public schools of the province, he added.

Initially, the government had started work to upgrade and provide Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and toilet facilities to 740 shelterless schools of the province, Shahwani said. He said all available resources were being utilised to improve quality of education.

“Under the policy of Balochistan chief minister, the government would establish 149 schools in the province”, he added. Shahwani said the government had been working to establish at least five schools of different categories in every constituency.

He said the work has been in process to fulfil 17,000 jobs in education department, adding that in this regard, effective system of check and balance was being introduced for achieving objectives of standard education in the areas.

He said zero tolerance had been adopted against the ghost employees and strict action was being taken against the absentees.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 25^th, 2019.