LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said on Wednesday that reforming the education sector is the top-most priority of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government. “We have sufficiently enhanced the educational budget to achieve this target and in the current fiscal year, as much as Rs.373 billion have been allocated for the education sector,” he said while speaking to different delegations at his office. Keeping in view the distinctive importance of the education sector for national development and prosperity, the government has given particular attention to developing it on modern lines, the chief minister said further. Speaking about the importance of education, he said that education was the best mean of dealing with issues like poverty, unemployment and ignorance. “We will achieve targets set for the education sector and as a result, the educational scenario will be totally transformed in the province,” the chief minister concluded.

Source: Pakistan Today January 09, 2019 14:44 UTC