Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has said that setting up of Danish schools in backward areas will prove to be a precursor of educational revolution and result in provision of quality education at par with Aitchison College to the deprived children.
He said that improvement of education sector, establishment of modern educational institutions and provision of high standard academic facilities pave way for development, therefore, Punjab government is attaching top priority to the uplift of education sector and practical measures are being taken for the improvement of standard of education.
He expressed these views during his visit to under-construction buildings of Danish School in Chishtian and government girls and boys degree colleges in Dahranwala on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister said that boy and girl students will be educated in Danish schools in two shifts. He said that a separate component of horticulture be set up in Danish School while services of PHA consultant be acquired for landscaping. District Co-ordination Officer Bahawalnagar informed that Danish School Chishtian is being constructed at a cost of Rs 70 crore and will have a high standard of education.
He said that work is in progress expeditiously on roads network, water supply, girls and boys primary sections, hostels and playgrounds and a sum of more than Rs 20 crore has so far been spent. He said that Danish School project will be completed within next nine months. The Chief Minister also reviewed construction work of girls and boys primary sections of Danish School Chishtian.
Later, the Chief Minister laid foundation-stone of paramedic livestock school adjacent to Wildlife Park in Bahawalnagar. The project spread over ten acres of land will cost Rs 5 crore. Veterinary diploma classes will be arranged for 50 students annually while 100 cultivators will be trained in farming and 100 employees of livestock department will be given in-service training at the school.
Besides main building, hostel for 50 students and residences for employees will be constructed at the livestock school. The project will be completed in two years. Setting up of the school will result in promotion of livestock in the district. The Chief Minister, in response to the demand of journalists, directed DCO Bahawalnagar to provide buildings for Press Clubs in Bahawalnagar and Chishtian.
Earlier, Shahbaz Sharif inspected under-construction building of Government Girls Degree College and Government Boys Degree College in Dahranwala in Chishtian. The Chief Minister was informed that the construction cost of government girls degree college is estimated at Rs 66.236 million while Rs 27 million have been released for the construction of the college and the work is in progress expeditiously.
Similarly, Rs 71.73 million will be spent on Government Boys Degree College out of which Rs 27 million have been provided and the project is being implemented speedily. The Chief Minister also gave instructions for the preparation of a scheme for Press Club for journalists of Dahranwala.
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