The Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sardar Tanvir Ilyas Khan has approved the proposed Education Policy 2023-2040 for Elementary and Secondary Schools.
As per the policy a public awareness campaign under the slogan “Education compulsory for every child, exemplary school, exemplary society” will be launched all across the state to enroll out-of-school children in schools.
The academic year will start from March and books would be provided free of cost to students up to primary. Teachers training academy will be established to raise the educational standard.
Addressing the extraordinary meeting, the Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan said that the cabinet members should be given a detailed briefing on all its details regarding the education policy.
Stressing the need for improving the curriculum and teaching methods, the PM said that problems of the education sector would be solved under the proposed education policy.
” Azad Jammu and Kashmir has the honor of being the first to introduce a comprehensive policy on education that integrates IT, entrepreneurship, math and scientific and religious studies”, he said.
The approval of the education policy, he said, would go a long way to promote quality education in the state. He said “Educated Kashmir” was the vision of his government.
“The government will use all resources to turn this vision into reality”, he said. He said that the national education policy has all-round benefits.
He said that 60 to 70 percent of the problems faced by the Education sector would be solved by the proposed education policy.
Regarding the amendment being introduced in the Mirpur Development Authority Act, the cabinet meeting while postponing the agenda item decided that after looking at the procedure of other authorities a decision will be taken about it later.
Regarding the fund collection for Turkey’s quake victims, the cabinet meeting decided that an appeal would be made to the people to deposit funds in the Prime Minister’s account.
It was also decided that 5 days’ salary of the ministers and all the officers and officials from grade 6 to 22 will be donated to the earthquake victims of Turkey.
In the meeting, prayers were offered for the people who were martyred in the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
In the meeting, prayers were also offered for the driver who died in a dumper accident at Arja and condolences were expressed to the bereaved.
The meeting was attended by Senior Minister Khawaja Farooq Ahmed, Government Ministers Sardar Mir Akbar Khan, Abdul Majid Khan, Ch. , Diwan Ali Khan Chaghatai, Chaudhry Muhammad Akbar, Chaudhry Muhammad Akhlaq, Zafar Iqbal Malik, Sardar Faheem Akhtar Rabbani, Sardar Muhammad Hussain Khan, Hafiz Hamid Raza, Chaudhry Muhammad Rafiq Nair, Muhammad Iqbal, Chief Secretary Muhammad Usman Chachar, and others
