LAHORE: Around 337,000 schoolteachers will undergo training under a new programme of the Punjab School Education Department’s (SED’s) Directorate of Staff Development (DSD). The inital one-day pilot project has kicked-off.
As per the Parho Punjab Barho Punjab, teachers would be equipped with modern techniques. The target is to ensure every child in the province is enrolled in school, said SED Secretary Dr Allah Baksh Malik He during an inspection visit to the training centre of the pilot project at the Government Girls High School Kot Abdul Malik.
Teachers would be compensated financially as well as being provided with other non-financial benefits for their hard work, he said. The secretary added teachers and trainers who achieve good results would be given special awards for their achievements.
Teachers’ training will be held in six districts.