Sindh govt schools & colleges to get biometric system soon

Karachi, Sindh Education Minister, Pir Mazhar ul Haq has announced on Thursday that government schools and college will have biometric/GPRS system soon.

He revealed this news while chairing a meeting of the senior representatives of the education department.

 The purpose of establishment of the biometric system is to inspect the dropout rate of the students as well as the absence on the part of the teachers, minister said. He further said that primarily this system would be started in one boys and one girls school and college each at the tehsil level.
 
Pir Mazhar further stated that libraries of all the 268 colleges would be advanced. He revealed schools would also have up to date libraries.

The minister directed that the steps have been taken for the ongoing schemes of the education department as well as the setting up of campuses of the Sindh University and Shah Latif University in the far-flung areas of the province.
 
He also recommended that campus of Shah Latif University at Dharki or Ghotki. Pir Mazhar also commanded the provincial education secretary to formulate a report regarding use of solar energy in the academic institutions of the province.
 
He said that prime minister has ordered that all the primary schools be upgraded as elementary schools.
 
The meeting also suggested to establish the girls’ cadet college at Ghari Khuda Bux.
Member National Assembly Hamza Shahbaz distributed laptops among students of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences on Wednesday.

While speaking on the occasion he said that youth is the ray of hope and they can make Pakistan a prosper country by abolishing corruption from politics and in other fields.

He said the Punjab government had made a negative impact by abandoning aid from foreign masters. Despite of this, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had taken steps for the completion of other development projects in Punjab province.

He further said the Punjab government had taken several steps for the establishment of Endowment Fund with Rs10 billion, provided soft loan of Rs50,000, donation of 75,000 acres of land to agriculture graduates and made arrangement to send position holder students on foreign tour without any discernment.