KARACHI, March 28: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has called for employing all efforts for making the ongoing educational projects functional so that literacy rate is raised in the province. Presiding over a meeting at Governor’s House here on Tuesday, the governor stressed the need for preparing a comprehensive strategy for training of science teachers.
He pointed out that the basic objective of Decentralised Elementary Education Project (DEEP) and Compulsory Education Project (CEP) is to bring maximum increase in the literacy rate for which there is a need to focus on “universalization of education”.
Giving a briefing on the performance of educational projects, Sindh minister Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari informed the governor that propagation of these projects at the lower level would help raise literacy ratio to an appropriate level. A publicity campaign will be carried out through media whereby parents would be made aware about the effects of education.
He said steps have been taken for training of 1,200 science teachers in the first phase of a programme for the benefit of science students.
The governor was further informed that BTech course in textile and chemical technology will shortly be introduced in Government College of Technology, SITE Karachi.
Governor Ibad observed that graduation in textile technology would help bring more skilled people in the market and textile sector abroad would also benefit from our skilled people.
He exhorted the officials that there should be no lapses in monitoring of educational projects and training of concerned project people.
He directed that government organizations should work with mutual cooperation for early completion of projects so that rays of education could lit every house in the province.
Chairing another meeting, the governor said steps were being taken under “Access to Justice programme” in cooperation with the federal government for the benefit of common people.
In the first phase, he explained, relationship would be established between law-enforcing organisations and individuals and later steps would be initiated for a triangular cooperation between people, law-enforcing organisations and institutions responsible for providing justice.
The governor was informed that a community welfare system had been introduced in the police department whereby people are not coming to police stations merely to register their reports, but service is also being provided to people.
The police department is receiving complaints on e-mail and taking action thereon while special plans were being implemented to provide modern facilities to people, particularly with regard to law and justice.
The governor stressed upon the officials that there should be no delay in the finalisation of projects of “Access to Justice” programme and these should be speedily accomplished.
He pointed out that triangular effort of people, law-enforcing organisations and justice providing organisations is the real spirit of these projects and “we all will have to take revolutionary steps to transform Pakistan into a real welfare state.”—APP
