Opening of community schools ordered

Chairman Standing Committee on Planning & Development Department Mohammad Shafiq Afridi has ordered the elementary & secondary education department to activate community schools across the province.

Presiding over a meeting of the panel here on Wednesday, he has also directed Tribal Electric Supply Company (TESCO) to take steps for the resolution of the electricity-related problems in the newly merged districts to further ensure the promotion of education.

The meeting reviewed in detail the Project Policy 2018, regularized projects, Jabba & Bara Dams (Khyber), Kehala Dam (Mansehra), floods preventive schemes, drinking water schemes in district Kurram, water supply scheme Khojri (Bannu) and education sector schemes in the newly merged districts in detail.

The meeting expressed unanimity regarding approval and awareness about projects. The chairman of the committee issued directives for ensuring timely recruitments in educational institutions and directed for furnishing details regarding objections of the members of the committee relating to Government Post-Graduate College, Takht Nusrati (Karak) and Government High School, Sarmast Mira Khel in the upcoming meeting of the panel.