School Reorganisation Programme launched in Punjab

'The Public School Reorganisation Programme is not a business proposition but a sacred responsibility,' CM Punjab says

LAHORE:

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated the Public Schools Reorganisation Programme with the aim of saving Rs40 billion and provide employment to 70,000 youth.

The CM distributed licences for the programme in a ceremony and also announced that kindergarten schools will be opened in other districts after Lahore.

She said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) should file a case regarding alleged corruption of Rs1 billion caused by reducing the paper size of textbooks during the previous PTI government.

The CM said, "I can swear that outsourcing of schools was undertaken on hundred per cent merit basis. The services of visiting faculty can also be hired for English conversation.

The curriculum in the schools will be of the Punjab government and monitoring will also be undertaken by the Punjab government. Under the Public School Reorganisation Programme, all schools will be upgraded from class five to eight."

She said, "Sports talent will be brought forward in the government schools. We will provide transport facilities for girls' educational institutions. The Public School Reorganisation Programme is not a business proposition but a sacred responsibility. It is essential to arrange best curriculum for the children."