Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said the Punjab government was implementing a comprehensive programme for the rapid development of the province and provision of basic amenities to the masses. He said special attention was being paid to infrastructure, education, health and other projects and work had been started on the project of Bus Rapid Transit for the first time in the history of the country. He added that elected representatives should play an active role for the transparent and expeditious completion of development schemes for the benefit of the masses.
The CM was addressing a meeting with assembly members of various districts, who apprised him of development activities and problems of the people of their respective areas. Talking to the parliamentarians, the Chief Minister said that they should earmark such projects for ameliorating the living standard. He said that Punjab government had paid special attention during the last four years to meaningful measures apropos education, health, social welfare and other sectors which could raise the living standard of the people.
He said that Punjab Educational Endowment Fund, Daanish schools, Punjab Education Foundation, IT labs and other such projects are leaving a positive impact on the education sector. Similarly, he said that Punjab government has the credit for recruitment purely on merit basis. He said that the measures taken by government for the improvement of education sector are yielding positive results with regards to promotion of education and that that deserving students were being laptops as well.
LAPTOPS FOR TEACHERS: The CM also announced that laptops would be given to the teachers who had showed excellent performance to encourage them to further improve the standard of education.
He was talking to a delegation of Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association led by its president Dr Zahid Ahmad. Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, Special Assistant Zaeem Hussain, MPA and secretaries of Finance, Law and Higher Education were also present on the occasion. Talking to the delegation, the CM said the teachers play a key role in imparting knowledge and Punjab government was taking solid measures for improving the education sector. Referring to the service structure of the teachers he announced that 10 seats will be allocated for college teachers in Grade 21, five each for males and females. He also approved the 4-tier formula regarding the promotion of college teachers. He asked the teachers to play their required role in the improvement of education. Ahmad thanked the CM for the laptops and said the laptops would be distributed transparently.
