Jhagra, Ziaullah Bangash Pay Inspect Schools

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Taimour Jhagra and Adviser to Chief Minister on Elementary and Primary Education Ziaullah Bangash on Tuesday paid surprise visits to various schools in Peshawar

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Jan, 2019 ) :Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Taimour Jhagra and Adviser to Chief Minister on Elementary and Primary Education Ziaullah Bangash on Tuesday paid surprise visits to various schools in Peshawar.

During these visits, he inspected condition of schools and check attendance of teachers and took feedback from students about education reform and other facilities being provided to schools.

Director Education Hafiz Ibrahim, District Education Officer and other official of education department were also present on the occasion.

Ziaullah Bangash directed district education officers and SDOs to visit schools in their respective districts regularly. During the visit, he directed to solve problems of schools like shortage of furniture and other facilities.

He said the education department was pursuing comprehensive reforms to uplift education standard in the province, adding that shortage of teachers in the province is being overcome by recruiting more teachers especially in the merged districts.

KP elementary and secondary education department has initiated process to appoint teachers on vacant posts in tribal districts while shortage of teachers in schools would be overcome soon, he said.

He said 2500 and more teachers to be recruited in tribal district next year. All necessary measures are being taken by the government to bring tribal districts at par with developed areas of the country.

He said some advertisements to fill vacation posts had already been issued and soon the remaining vacation posts would be advertised.

The adviser said schoolteachers in the province were being equipped with the latest technology, "this is digital era and we are equipping teachers in schools with modern and latest technology for grooming their skills." He said Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed to recruit teachers, doctors and other required staff in newly merged tribal districts of KP on priority basis for better service delivery and to provide jobs to people of merged districts.

He said that solarization of schools, electronic boards, tablets were being provided to schools to enhance their capacity, while independent monitoring units have been extended to merged districts to improve education standard there.