ISLAMABAD, The New Education Policy will be announced on 23rd of next month, which will help eliminate inequality in the education system, Minister for Education Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani said.“The draft of the policy has been formulated in lines with international standard and as per PPP’s manifesto”.He said the draft had been given to provincial governments and after consultations with all the stakeholders it would be announced.
“Work on 29 subjects for the new syllabus has been completed, while on others it is in progress,” the minister said.
Mir Hazar Khan said a ten per cent quota would be allocated for poor students in private institutions at A and O levels, adding that the government would bear all the expenses in this regard.He said there were a large number of ghost schools in the country and efforts were being made to make them functional, while stern action would be taken against those responsible for these.The minister said that attention was being focused to raise the standard of education in the country and for this purpose special cadre was being set up for imparting training to teachers.
To a question about shortage of teaching staff in the country he said inductions were being made in institutions in the federal capital, while all the provincial governments had also been asked to fill vacant posts on merit.
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