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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has proposed a project worth Rs7 billion to upgrade and give a facelift to 170 schools and colleges and the offices of five area education officers (AEOs).
“We have submitted the PC-I to the Planning Commission for approval,” said FDE Director General Dr Ikram Ali Malik.
Talking to Dawn, he said under the project 170 schools and colleges that remained neglected in previous projects under Prime Minister’s Education Reforms Programme will be face-lifted and upgraded.
170 educational institutions to be upgraded, says official
The project called ‘Provision of Basic Educational Facilities in Educational Institutions of ICT’ has been prepared keeping in view the fact that FDE has mostly retained educational institutions handed over to it by the government of Punjab in 1973 and 1985.
NA education committee wants syllabus ‘normalised’
Curriculum was cut short during the pandemic
Millions of students in Pakistan returned to classes on last Tuesday after Covid-19 was contained in the country. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
The National Assembly s Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training on Monday called for including the syllabus in studies, which was earlier excluded due to courses being cut short in the pandemic.
The panel unanimously supported the government s decision to reopen educational institutions from January 18. The committee observed that reopening of the institutions would help overcome educational loss of students.
Ministry of Federal Education Secretary Farah Hamid informed the committee that the bill regarding provision of loans to small private schools was in the Finance Division and hoped that it would be approved in the next three days. The committee was informed that Rs0.5 million to Rs1 million budgets would be giv
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training has suggested reverting to the complete syllabus which had been
FDE irregularities on FIA radar
Islamabad
January 3, 2021
Islamabad : The alleged financial and administrative irregularities in the affairs of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), especially during the tenure of former acting director general Syed Umair Javed, are on the radar screen of the Federal Investigation Agency.
Umair Javed, a deputationist at the federal education ministry was given the additional charge of ‘looking after’ the top Federal Directorate of Education office in April 2019 and he held the position for more than a year until his repatriation to the Competition Commission of Pakistan.
The documents available with ‘The News’ reveal that the Federal Investigation Agency recently registered an inquiry into the allegation of maladministration and misuse of position by Federal Directorate of Education officers, so it sought the posting/transfer orders of former DG Syed Umair Javed along with all relevant records and his personal file, details of th