Provincial Minister for Excise & Taxation and Finance Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman has said that terrorism and unemployment can be eradicated through promotion of quality education. While addressing the delegation of youth, he said that 274 billion rupees will be spent on education sector during the current fiscal year which is 26.25 percent of the total budget of the province.
He maintained that our country has a vibrant economy and our population under 20 is in majority and this makes South Asia as the only large economic area that shall not face a decline in the number of people entering the labor force for the next 50 years, whereas, future is ours.
He said that Punjab government considers education as a tool to development and record funds have been provided for school and higher education. He said that 2.40 billion rupees had been provided for non formal basic education to 0.2 million illiterate persons.
"Punjab government has recruited 140,000 educators last tenure and more educators will be recruited within few months to accomplish the target of 100 percent literacy rate in the province," he added. He commended the vision of Mian Shahbaz Sharif for launching free distribution schemes of laptops and solar lamps to appreciate the brilliant students.
He said that financial grant is being provided for upgradation of higher education especially to the institutions of women ,whereas, new women universities are also being established in Bahawalpur, Multan, Sialkot and Faisalabad for enhancing ratio of higher education among women. He said that during current fiscal year laptops and solar lamps are being distributed among the students on merit under a transparent system. This will also help to reduce the dropout rate in the schools of far-flung areas of the province, he concluded.
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