Punjab Finance, Excise and Taxation Minister Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman said financial grant is being provided for up-gradation of higher education. He expressed these views while talking to various delegations of party workers regarding education sector, here on Wednesday, disclosed an official. The Minister said 101 new colleges were constructed while missing facilities were provided to 96 colleges during the last five years.
"Establishment of 82 new colleges has been planned while missing facilities will be provided in 68 colleges with a cost of Rs 1,470 million. Funds to the tune of Rs 175 million have been allocated for different projects of commerce colleges in the province while Rs 266 million has been allocated for establishment of new universities. New women universities are being established in Bahawalpur, Multan, Sialkot and Faisalabad for enhancing ratio of higher education among women," he added.
According to him, IT labs had been set up in more than 5,000 high schools and 515 middle schools during last five years. Scholarships of Rs 12 billion are being provided to more than 50,000 students within the country and abroad from Endowment Fund. More than 75,000 teachers had been recruited on merit in a transparent manner for removing shortage of school teachers throughout the province. Modern science labs have been established in 1,000 high schools of the province at a cost of Rs 1 billion. The government is implementing a comprehensive strategy for imparting modern education to the students and Rs 244 billion will be spent on education sector during the current fiscal year, which is 26 percent of the total budget of the province.
"The government has finished all reserve seats of self-finance in professional colleges and only talented students are getting admission on merit. Talented girl and boy students are being given laptops while the male and female students obtaining first position in all the boards are sent abroad on tour to the prestigious universities of the world," he told the delegations.
The Minister said Punjab Educational Endowment Fund has been set up for providing scholarships to poor but talented students to enable them continue their studies. He also said students are studying at LUMS and FAST, as the government had given scholarships first time in the history of the province. "Foundation of a revolution in education sector has been laid through setting up of IT labs in schools of the province while poorest of the poor students will also avail modern education facilities through the project of Danish School," he added.
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