Punjab government has constituted District Monitoring Committees for the newly established IT labs in the high schools of the province. The committee shall comprise of an elected representatives in chair and District Monitoring Officer and District Education Officer (SE) as its members, disclosed an official here Friday.
The committee shall conduct surprise inspection/visit of IT labs in their respective districts at least once in a month and shall ensure the term of references: Equipment/furniture and fixtures like server, desktops, n-computing, network, UPS, air conditioners and PTCL connectivity are turned on and the system is functional and in order.
Software (MS Window Server 2008, MS Office 2007 Professional, MS Forefront anti virus) is installed on all the computers and functioning properly. Internet connection is available in the lab and working satisfactorily. Moreover, IT teacher or any other teacher, who has been given IT training, is teaching/supervising the lab.
IT teachers are not assigned to teach other subjects in the schools at the cost of IT education. A lab is being utilised by the interested students during the working hours and no discrimination is being done. Last but not least, security measures, as per instructions of the government, are being followed and the lab is being maintained properly.