RAWALPINDI: As many as 21 schools have been upgraded in Murree and in this regard, the Punjab government issued a notification.

After this, work on a total of 100 schools of tehsils Murree, Kotli Sattian, Kahuta, Kallar Syedan and Sagri Circle have been completed. The staff of the Rawalpindi District Education Department spent time to complete the entire process.

Former Member of National Assembly (MNA) and PTI spokesman Sadaqat Ali Abbasi told Dawn that upgrading a school meant providing free government education to hundreds of families in a disadvantaged area.

He said that it was the promise of PTI to improve the education system in the hill station and adjoining areas. In the hilly area, he said that due to less girls’ schools, many talented girls have trouble getting a good education.

He said that the PTI government had already established Kohsar University allocating funds for its six campuses in different tehsils across the region, upgrading dozens of schools before that, allocating funds for their buildings and other facilities.

Published in Dawn, August 29th, 2022