Meeting of
the Steering Committee was held to oversee the progress and quality of work on
the physical up-gradation of educational institutions in Islamabad under the
Prime Minister’s Education Reform Program.
Minister of
State for Capital Administration & Development Division (CADD), Dr. Tariq
Fazal Chaudhry and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Ms.
Maryam Aurangzeb jointly chaired the meeting. The meeting was attended by
Secretary CADD, Nargis Ghalloo, Advisor of CADD on Education, Mr. Ali Raza and
other members.
Project
Director of the PMERP briefed the Committee that civil works is in progress in
all the 200 schools included in this phase of the project and will be completed
before the end of December. The committee expressed satisfaction over the speed
and quality of work in schools.
In the
meeting, Dr. Tariq Fazl Chaudhary directed CADD officers to personally visit
the upgradion work in the schools and maintain proper record of monitoring. He
directed the project director to take the relevant Principals and local
political representatives on board regarding the civil works.
Dr Tariq
Fazal Chaudhry said that a sum of Rs 2.74 billion is earmarked in the current
phase for the physical up-gradation and provision of facilities in the 200
schools of CADD. In the Pilot Project, civil works on 22 schools have been
completed. The program is focusing on the establishment of new class rooms,
libraries, laboratories, washroom blocks, raising of boundary walls, provision
of furniture for students and teachers, security arrangements and other civil
works.
Under the
project, a ‘Wall of Fame’ will also be erected in schools which will contain
photographs and ‘sayings of wisdom’ of national heroes to provide useful
information and motivation to the children.
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