Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that PPP government has taken necessary measures to improve the education system.
He made this ‘seminal’ announcement while performing the stone lying ceremony of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto (SMBB) Cadet College at village Bago Khan Metlo, near Khairpur on Sunday, an official statement said here.
He said that total construction cost of College is Rs 593 million. “It is a gift for the people of Khairpur and adjoining areas by PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari,”claimed the CM.
He said that the PPP government has established 11 new universities for the benefit of the students and elimination of illiteracy.
The Chief Minister said that his government not only increased the education budget but raised the salaries of the teachers and gave them special pay scales. “When PPP came into power around 7000 schools were closed. We appointed teachers on merit and re-opened 5000 closed schools”.
