Quetta: The Balochistan government on Wednesday announced its decision to establish an education city in each district of the province, a news source reported. A spokesman for the Provincial Education Minister Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind revealed that the minister had issued the directives for this purpose.
According to the details available, the minister has instructed that each district should have a proportionate education city. In this regard, the relevant department has also sent a proposal to the Balochistan Chief Minister (CM) Jam Kamal Khan, the spokesman said.
The minister’s spokesman added that the provincial government would provide land, electricity, and gas for the education cities. He revealed that education experts and the private sector from across the country would have permission to come and study at these facilities. The aim of these projects was the ‘betterment of knowledge’, he said.
The spokesman further stated that the province’s education department wanted to establish better educational institutions at the Union Council level — with this initiative aimed at ensuring that every Baloch child went to school. He added that the project to set-up education cities would help eliminate educational backwardness in the province.
