TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 24: The Government Jadeed Primary School, Maal Godam Road, has been declared the best `kid-friendly school’ in the province.

This was disclosed here on Thursday in a meeting of kids friendly schools campaign which was presided by DCO Syed Javed Iqbal.

Female district education officer Ms Najma Manzoor informed the meeting that out of 1160 primary schools of the district, 1000 had already been changed as kids friendly.

Education EDO Syed Toqeer Hussain, health EDO Dr Ashraf Javed and district officer (coordination) Tariq Javed were also present in the meeting.

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