Lahore: The Punjab Education Authority has approved PKR 200 million to develop one hundred ‘Insaf Schools’ in Lahore this year, a news source reported. As per the publication, the provincial government issued a notice on Thursday that the authority would establish these schools before the start of the new educational session.
The education authority will establish these schools in rented buildings. The government has already transferred the allocated funds to the deputy district officers. Before renting the buildings, the Excise Department will examine the buildings and approve them for this project.
Previously, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar had inaugurated the ‘Insaf Afternoon Schools’ programme to provide education to children who were not going to school. The government revived Urdu as a medium of teaching and English was decided to be taught as a subject. The education level was limited to the primary level for these institutions. Last year in November, the provincial government had released a list of 577 Insaf Afternoon Schools from 22 districts of Punjab.
