Punjab chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar Friday chaired a meeting of the Punjab Daanish Schools and Centres of Excellence Authority, which decided to include ethics and civics as subjects in the syllabus of Daanish schools apart from morally educating the students through life-skills learning in partnership with the Aga Khan University.
On the directions of the chief minister, the students will be taught Nazra Quran and annual sports festival will also be held.
The meeting gave in-principle approval to matters pertaining to the rationalization of staff and recruitment of teachers of Daanish schools. The CM Usman Buzdar accorded approval to give new contracts to the employees who have completed their tenure and also gave approval to authorise the authority to introduce similar uniform in all the schools. The chief minister approved to pay past dues to the staff of Daanish schools. The CM was told that honesty tuck shops will be set up to morally educate the students. Children would personally pay the amount of items which they would purchase and there would no shopkeepers in such shops.
The proposal of increasing students' quota from backward areas in Daanish schools was also reviewed and a briefing was given about the performance and other matters relating to the Daanish schools.
Provincial minister for schools Murad Raas, Vice Chairperson Sumera Ahmad MPA, Chief Secretary, administrative secretaries, CEO Punjab Daanish Schools Authority and others attended the meeting.
Moreover, the CM in a meeting took notice of delay in release of vehicles' number plates and directed authorities concerned to take immediate steps for the release of number plates. He emphasized to take immediate steps to move forward while fulfilling the legal requirements with regard to the release of number plates. He added that the situation requires immediate solution as people are facing difficulties due to delay in release of number plates of vehicles and motorcycles. He directed that Punjab Excise Department should follow rules and regulations with regard to the release of number plates.
Secretary Excise gave a briefing about different options for issuing vehicles' number plates. Punjab Excise Minister Hafiz Mumtaz Ahmad, Secretary and DG Excise and others attended the meeting.
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