Punjab Minister for Education Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has said that government is implementing a comprehensive programme for providing modern educational facilities to the children and an all-out cooperation as well as assistance is bring provided to the private schools. He said Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) was providing grant and scholarships to the private educational institutions and students as the private educational institutions were performing a valuable service in the field of education. He said Daanish School project was a revolutionary step of Punjab government which would not only minimise the divide between the rich and the poor but the children of the poor parents will also be able to acquire modern education and play their due role in national development and prosperity.
He expressed these views at the inauguration ceremony of international standard school in Harbanspura. The minister, Director Muhammad Naeem and the principal also addressed on the occasion besides others. Rehman said the network of Daanish Schools would be spread to the whole province since this programme would open up new avenues of progress and development whereas poorest of the poor students will also avail modern education facilities. The minister said Daanish schools would spread knowledge in every nook and corner of the country and would remove poverty and ignorance from backward areas and a new era of progress and development will usher in. He said government schools had been given the status of English medium schools last year while Punjab government had also lunched a vigorous campaign for primary enrolment and millions of children had been given admission in the schools as a result of this campaign whereas government was giving emphasis on the teachers training and funds had been provided to the concerned department for this purpose.
‘Punjab is modern, educated’
