Rs 312 Bln Allocated For Education In 36 Districts Of Punjab

BAHAWALPUR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Nov, 2016 ) : Provincial Minister for Cooperative Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar Monday said massive funds to the tune of Rs 312.8 billion has been allocated to revamp the educational infra-structure in 36 districts of Punjab.

He made these remarks while speaking as a chief guest at a ceremony held in connection with international children day at a local school here at Bahawalpur. He said one of the key feature to extend state of the art access to education, as many as 10 thousand early childhood education rooms are rapidly being constructed in the remote areas of the Punjab.

"Collective, tangible and sustainable state and societal cooperation is a key to open new vista of knowledge, research, creativity and innovation in the spheres of both physical and social sciences which would further strengthen the both supra and infra intellectual structure of the motherland", Provincial Minister Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar noted.

He said Chief Minister Punjab's educational vision has put educational development progress at fast track which is aimed to extend inclusive developmental progress's fruits to the common people.

He told that to provide equal opportunity to disable special persons CM Punjab has allocated development funds to the tune of Rs. 1 billion to extend state of the art educational facilities to the special children.