Reforms in education sector reduced influence of politics: Haider

MIRPUR (AJK), March 24 (APP)::Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan Saturday said the present government had brought reforms in the education sector of AJK.
The prime minister AJK expressed these views while addressing the annual results ceremony of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Mirpur.
Chairperson BISE Mirpur Anjum Afshan Naqvi presented the annual progress report of the board.
The AJK cabinet members including Minister for Higher Education Barrister Iftikhar Gillani,
Minister for Food Syed Shaukat Ali Shah, Member Legislative Assembly Ch. Rukhsar Ahmed, Secretary Higher Education Zahid Abbasi, Vice Chancellor MUST University Dr. Raja Habib ur Rehman, Director General Public Relations Raja Azhar Iqbal and other senior officers were also present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, the prime minister directed the department to focus on delivery of
quality education to improve the performance of public sector educational institutions in the state.
The PM AJK said the government was spending enormously on education department and had introduced the third party testing service (NTS) for recruitment in education department.
“The implementation of NTS will improve the quality of education,” he said. The prime minister admired the hard work of the students who got positions in annual examinations and also greeted their teachers and parents saying that these students were the assets of our state and all credit goes to
their parents and teachers.
“The way they achieved significant position in their educational career, they should serve the nation and country in future for the advancement and development,” he added.
Haider said in order to promote extra curriculum activities besides education, educational institutions as well as playground will also be made for students to perform healthy activities. Moreover, the PM said refresher courses were being started for teachers’ training.
Earlier, Prime Minister Raja Mohammad Farooq Haider Khan distributed gold, bronze and silver medals including cash prize and certificates to the students receiving significant positions in the exams of
intermediate 2017.
The prime minister also distributed shields among the heads of educational institutions in sports competitions.
Meanwhile, the prime minister also inaugurated the online examination system in BISE Mirpur and the board administration assured that they should use all modern resources to establish transparency in the examination system.