Minister for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Dr Tariq Fazl Chaudhry said that a sum of Rs 2.74 billion is reserved for the physical up-gradation and provision of facilities in the 422 schools of CADD.
He said that with CADD’s recent interventions, the quality of education in the public educational institutions of Islamabad was getting better. He expressed these view while speaking at a ceremony, organised to award cash prizes to position holder students of Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) here on Wednesday.
Chaudhry also announced cash prizes for the position-holder students, equivalent to the reward given by the FDE. Qandeel Khursheed, student of Islamabad Model College for Girls, who secured first position in matriculation exam of Federal Board, was awarded Rs 50,000.
Talha Rauf, a student of G-10/4 College, who got the second position in Federal Board, was awarded Rs 40,000. Saba Khalid, of IMCG F-7/2, secured third position in Humanities Group and was awarded Rs 30,000.
Chaudhry said that the fruits of the Prime Minister Education Reform Program (PMERP) were in front of all to see. The minister elaborated upon the new initiatives undertaken by CADD for the improvement of pedagogic skills among teachers. He said that new set of technical training programs have been introduced to train teachers on modern lines and new indicators have been set up to gauge their performance.
“By imparting quality education, Pakistan’s modern curses like extremism, terrorism and joblessness can be resolved,” the minister added.
In his address, Federal Board chairman said that the board examinations were held at the same time and the position holders have to compete at such a grand scale to get positions.