LAHORE: School Education Department (SED), Punjab will launch a bilingual “Student Times” magazine for the school level students to promote their intellectual ken and writing abilities.
No helping material will be sold in the market without the NOC of Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB). This was stated by Schools Minister Rana Mashhood while presiding over a department meeting at Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) here Tuesday. He said the magazine would encourage them to exhibit their latent potential of writing.
During the meeting, PCTB Managing Director Rana Abdul Qayyum apprised the participants of the launch of a monthly “Student Times” from March 23 this year. This magazine will be published in Urdu and English languages, he added.
The meeting was told that the magazine would be sent to different public schools and libraries and the writings of the students, their parents and teachers would be included in it. The best writers from 6th class to intermediate level will be appointed as magazine ambassadors.
The meeting was further told that the magazine will be uploaded at the official website of the Schools Education Department. The minister directed to constitute magazine committees in all the public sector schools adding that complimentary certificates should be given to the best student writers by the department so that others could be encouraged towards writing.
Earlier, the meeting of a committee constituted on the directions of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to identify hateful and immoral material in un-prescribed books and helping material of Schools Education and Higher Education level was held with Rana Mashhood in the chair.
Addressing the meeting, Rana Mashhood said that no helping material would be sold in the market without the NOC from PCTB. Keeping in view the importance of this matter, the line departments would finalise a consensus road map within next 20 days to move further in an organised manner in this regard.
He directed to constitute a special committee to review all the books being used in the institutions of Schools Education and Higher Education. He also directed to initiate police action against the publication of books containing hateful material.
Tevta: Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) Chairman Irfan Qaiser Sheikh has said Tevta in collaboration with Netsol will train 2,000 youths in latest technologies including Internet of Things (IOT), Blockchain (Cryptocurrency) and Data Management.
According to a press release, Netsol CEO Saleem Ghauri called on Tevta chairman here on Tuesday. In the meeting it was decided that initially four to six month course would be started for students to train them in all these sectors whereas a separate two-year programme would also be launched.
Irfan Qaiser Sheikh observed Tevta would be the first organisation which would provide training in these technologies. Saleem Ghauri said currently there was huge demand of youths with skills in data management, IOT and Blockchain in local as well as global market.
Handling data has become a global problem therefore by getting training in this sector our youths could get jobs worldwide. Our youth need to understand the importance of skills than degrees, he said.
