Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reviewed in detail the pace of progress of the Parho Punjab, Barho Punjab Programme under the Punjab Schools Reforms Roadmap, and decided to continue efforts for this purpose in a coordinated manner.
Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said that the target of enrolling every child of the province until 2018 has been fixed and hard work, determination and commitment is required for the achievement of this goal. He said that the target of providing quality education to all boy and girl of the province also has to be achieved.
Similarly, he said that it has also been decided to enrol 2,500,000 male and female children by 2018, under the voucher scheme of the Punjab Education Foundation. He directed that special attention be paid to the training of teachers for the promotion of quality education in the province. He said that besides the training of teachers on modern lines at tehsil and district level, refresher courses should also be arranged. He said that there is also a need to pay attention to performance management.
Shehbaz Sharif directed that the provincial minister for education and secretary schools education take personal interest in the quality training of teachers. He said that funds would continue to be provided by the provincial government for the promotion of quality education in the province.
In a separate meeting, Shehbaz Sharif said that useless sit-ins staged last year caused a huge loss to the country and precious time of the nation was wasted through protest politics. However, he said that 180 million people of Pakistan would not allow anyone to undermine national interests through the politics of anarchy, as they know who is serving them and who is creating hurdles in public welfare projects. He said that the victory of Pakistan Muslim League-N in NA-122 has buried the allegation of so-called rigging.
He was addressing a meeting of assembly members and office-bearers of PML-N Lahore. MNA Hamza Shehbaz was also present on the occasion. The chief minister said that the historic Rs 341 billion Kissan Package has been given for the development of agriculture sector and prosperity of small cultivators. He said that Khadim-e-Punjab Rural Roads Programme of billions of rupees would bring a revolution in rural life. Shehbaz Sharif said that the target of provision of potable water to the citizens would be achieved through implementation of Saaf Pani Project.
The chief minister said that metro bus service in Lahore and Rawalpindi-Islamabad has been widely appreciated while metro bus project in Multan is being speedily implemented.
