Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif while chairing a high level meeting on Thursday said that 20,000 schools will benefit under the Khadim-e-Punjab Ujala Programme.
The chief minister was briefed about Pakistan’s Educational Statistics published by Academy of Education Planning and Management.
The chief minister said to meet the deficit of teachers in schools, 2 lakh highly skilled teachers have been hired on merit. “83,000 children have been rescued from the misery of child labor and enrolled in schools,” he added. He said additional rooms are built in schools and solar panels are being provided to 20,000 schools.
Shahbaz said further arrangements are being made to increase student enrollment in schools and tablets are being provided in schools. The chief minister said the government has ensured provision of missing facilities in the schools of Punjab.
He said that the due to the positive measures taken by government the rate of drop-out student has been reduced significantly in schools. Shahbaz said that schools without the electricity will be provided soon through the Solar Panels Programme.
