The appointment of senior civil servant and a renowned educationist Dr Allah Bakhsh Malik as secretary schools education department, in the population-wise largest province of Punjab, is a good news indeed. He carries with him rigorous educational as well as administrative experience of many years, and it’s hoped that he will utilise his expertise to help succeed the educational reforms agenda which would ultimately benefit the students.
As the Punjab government is in the last leg of its five year tenure; therefore, it was all the more important that an experienced person of his statue and calibre should be brought in to give solid footings to education. And I believe that Dr Malik is the best choice. He is a balanced blend of civil service as well as experience as an educationist.
It may be added here that he is the architect of Punjab’s largest free school education program who revamped and expanded the Punjab education foundation to emerge as the strong ray of hope for the hopeless. He introduced education voucher scheme to help the children of low income families to study free of cost in partner schools.
I am quite hopeful that his vital contribution in Schools Education Department will wholly benefit the students.
Qudrat Ullah
Lahore
