- Punjab to set up Nawaz Sharif schools in every tehsil: CM.
- Maryam urges parents to keep their children away from dangerous sites.
- CM encourages students to learn AI, robotics and machine learning.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Thursday said Eminence Nawaz Sharif Schools would be established in every tehsil, while students would be given 100,000 free e-bikes.
Addressing a ceremony in Arifwala, CM Maryam said the provincial government is converting government schools into modern educational institutions, where children of both poor and rich will get equal facilities and opportunities.
She also announced that 100,000 laptops and another 50,000 scholarships will be provided to students.
Maryam said that the law and order situation in Punjab is better, girls are safe and education erases differences.
The Punjab Chief Minister highlighted the safety of children and said that education is the power that opens the doors of development by eliminating social differences.
She urged parents not to send their children to unsafe places during the rainy season.
CM Maryam said that in the past few days, 14 children lost their lives due to the roof collapse of an under-construction house, over which she is extremely saddened.
She further said that they are responsible for the 130 million people of Punjab and millions of students; that is why the government gives top priority to the education and safety of students.
Maryam said that the scope of green electric buses is continuously expanded for children who do not have quality travel facilities so that they can travel safely and comfortably.
The Chief Minister urged students to proudly declare that they are studying in government schools as the government has decided to provide the same facilities in government schools as are available in expensive private educational institutions.
She said education is the greatest equalizing force and higher education opens new avenues for human development.
She said there was extraordinary interest in admission to the Nawaz Sharif School of Eminence, where five thousand students took the test for one thousand seats.
She said the lack of all basic facilities is being resolved at a cost of Rs 40 billion in Punjab government schools, including new classrooms, furniture, bathrooms, drinking water, fans and other necessary facilities.
She further said that the government was establishing science, technology, mathematics, IT and IT laboratories while for the first time artificial intelligence laboratories were also being established so that students of Punjab could also acquire modern knowledge like children in developed countries of the world.
The Punjab Chief Minister urged students to learn artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics, saying these skills are the guarantee of success in the future.
“This is just the beginning of change in the education sector in Punjab, and soon 300 modern schools will be established across the province,” she added.
