Federal Minister for Education Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that the evening shift in all the model colleges would be discontinued in the next three years.
Addressing the free textbooks distribution ceremony held at the Islamabad Model College for Boys (IMCB) F/7-3, here on Monday, he said 121 public schools of the Islamabad Capital Territory would be upgraded to the status of model schools.
The minister also distributed free textbooks worth Rs 3.5 million among the students of the Islamabad Capital Territory from class 1 to 8.
He said that from the next year free textbooks would be distributed among the students of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) class. The students of Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) would also be provided free textbooks in the next two to three years.
On the occasion, the minister also announced that in the coming years, admissions to the ICT schools and colleges would be sector based, which would provide quality education at the doorstep to the dwellers of the ICT.
He said the government had also decided to establish four new degree colleges for women. He said one women degree college would be inaugurated at Humak, while three more women colleges would be constructed at sector I-8, I-14 and Bahra Kahu, respectively.