In this regard, committees will be constituted in all districts of the province that will evaluate the written material being taught in colleges. Additionally, Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) will also request the academic council of universities to do the same at varsity-level. A meeting to constitute the committees was held under the Punjab Higher Education Department (HED) and the terms of reference (TORs) for the committees were decided. Education (Colleges) Deputy Director, at each district would head the respective committee and submit a consolidated report to the Public Instruction (Colleges), Punjab director along with recommendations. Additionally, it was decided that PHEC chairperson in consultation with DPI (Colleges), Punjab would forward a consolidated proposal for continuous monitoring of hate material, if any, in books.

Source: The Express Tribune December 07, 2017 05:26 UTC