KARACHI, Nov 9: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has stressed on making serious efforts for promotion of education and to bring it in commensuration with modern day demands.

In this regard, he called for setting up Sindh Education Commission on the pattern of Higher Education Commission, strengthening of public-private partnership, toll free phone numbers for improved facilities besides better monitoring arrangements.

He was addressing a meeting held to of review the Reforms Support Unit of the education department at N.J.V. School on Wednesday.

The governor said that strategy for educational system should be balanced one and this essentially warranted sustained check of education system at taluka, town, district and city levels with proper feedback. He said all modern technologies including information technology, should be used to overcome whatever problems were faced in making the educational system effectively functional.

He was of the view that educational system could be synchronised with modern day requirement through public-private partnership.

Referring to the educational statistics collected by Reforms Support Unit in the education department in a short period of six months, the governor called for initiating process of planning in the light of the same and said liaison between district and provincial governments should be started on the basis of facilities existing in the schools and details of teachers and students.

On the occasion, Sindh Education Minister Dr Hameeda Khuhro informed the governor that distribution of textbooks had been done on scientific and organised basis, while scholarship amount for girls was sent by postal money order on their residential addresses.

The governor was told that ghost and closed schools were identified with the help of Geographical Information System and services of consultants hired to make them practically operational to get rid of this painful situation.

Ishratul Ibad asked the authorities to take all the steps to encourage private sector for active partnership. He particularly called for seeking public cooperation to identify the areas having closed schools.

Talking to the media, the governor expressed hope that the categorisation of education system up to primary and secondary education levels would be harmonised on scientific basis. He said education department was working hard round-the-clock and results of these efforts would appear soon.

He said that there was need for reforms in the education system at grassroots level. For this purpose, while monitoring the performance of district governments, more schools would be opened along with the posting of experienced teachers. He said that jobs would be offered in education, population welfare and other departments on merit.—APP