Govt urged to appoint Education Minister

ISLAMABAD -The Senate Standing Committee on Education has called upon the government to make appointment of the Federal Minister for Education without further delay so that matters in this vital sector could be streamlined.

The committee met at the Parliament House on Friday under the Chairpersonship of Senator Razina Alam Khan.  It urged the government to accord priority to providing better training to the teachers and to undertake constant periodic review of the curriculum in order to keep pace with the developments being made in rest of the world.

While endorsing the plea for merit-based recruitment of teachers, the Committee called for enhancement of their salary structure and social status. Merit based recruitment of teachers must be ensured and ways and means be explored to find dedicated teachers as ‘only inspired teachers could produce inspired students’.