PESHAWAR, Nov 14: The NWFP Minister for Information and Education, Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, has appreciated the role of the private sector in increasing the facilities of education and has stressed upon it to continue their efforts for improving the quality of education.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Bannu branch of City Model Schools, he assured the school management that every effort would be made to facilitate private sector in education, as the government considered it a partner and not a rival in the field of education.
He stressed the need of making our education system in line with modern challenges. Spelling out the government’s efforts regarding provision of education facilities, the minister said that despite resource constrains, three new public sector universities, i.e., Hazara, Chakdara and Kohat had been opened and 15 new degree colleges had been established.
He pointed out that for making the students face the challenges of the day and narrowing the gap between the haves and have nots, the subjects of mathematics and science had been started through English medium from class VI.
Referring to the increasing private-public partnership, Gilani pointed out that on the one hand computer classes had been started in public sector schools where the poor children could get education in computer science with a fee of Rs 50 per month, while on the other hand, buildings of all public sector schools had been opened to the private sector after their closing hours. He said over 500 schools would be opened to such private parties soon.
On this occasion, the regional director of city chain of schools, Dr Shireen Javed and principal of City Schools Bannu, Waheeda Zafar highlighted the aims and objectives of schools.
