‘Promoting education top priority’

Minister says additional BS programmes to be launched this year

SIALKOT:

Punjab Minister for Special Education Chaudhry Muhammad Akhlaq has said that promoting education was his first priority as no society could progress without educated manpower.

He expressed these views while addressing a seminar on Saturday at Govt Nawaz Sharif Associate College, Pasrur Road.

Principal Farzana Asghar, Vice Principal Gulzar, Coordinator PP-36 Chaudhry Muhammad Ilyas, Deputy Director Colleges Iqbal Kaloya, Rana Irfan, Mian Rizwan, Prof Zeba Zahoor and heads of various colleges and students participated in the seminar.

The provincial minister said educating the youth, and women in particular, was to open the door to development and prosperity for the whole family.

He said since 2018, efforts had been made to launch modern education programmes and four-year BS programmes in public sector colleges in Sialkot district.

In two-and-a-half years, the government brought seats of 2,500 BS programmes without any discrimination in the district. Minister Akhlaq added that four BS programmes would be launched in the college this year, with 1,500 more BS Honors seats in Sialkot colleges by August 2022, aiming to provide quality education to locals who could not afford to pay tuition in private colleges.

The minister reaffirmed his commitment to meet all the missing facilities in the college. Later, the minister distributed prizes, commendatory certificates and medals to female students who excelled in academic, sports and literary competitions.

He also directed forest department officials to plant trees in the college in collaboration with the college administration.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 6^th, 2022.