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Ray · 04-08-2006, 11:36 AM

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Up to 40,000 Punjab schools without basic facilities

Staff Report

GUJRANWALA: In Punjab, 40,000 out of total 63,000 schools are without basic facilities but the provincial government is giving attention to address their problems, said Imran Masood, the Punjab education minister.

“The Education Reforms Programme adopted by Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi is based on national and Islamic canons wherein steps were being taken to take out the posterity from inferiority complex and making them productive citizens,” Masood told a gathering at the National Science College on Friday. He said the government was trying to develop a culture of research in schools and that computers and science faculties were being provided to public and private schools.

“On the suggestion of the Punjab chief minister, education budget of every province is being increased from Rs 54 billion to Rs 62 billion,” he said. He said Rs 21 billion were being spent annually to buy laboratory equipment and furniture and supply water and electricity in schools.

The government is spending Rs 700 million to give free education and free books and Rs 200 stipend to female students.

“All possible facilities are being provided to private sector, while the Education Foundation is providing loans to private schools,” he said. Mr Masood gave away prizes, shields and certificates to high achievers.
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Speaks volumes of the standard of education and facilities to promote education!