Govt bumping up teaching skills of teachers to get desired results: Atif Khan

PESHAWAR January 6: Provincial Minister for Education, Muhammad Atif Khan has said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government was focusing on enhancing of teaching skills of teachers to get required results of the educational reforms initiated by the PTI led government in the province. He added that IT Education for the purpose would fully be utilized. This he stated while holding meeting with Intel Pakistan Corporation at Peshawar on Wednesday. The meeting beside others, was also attended by the Additional Secretary Education Qaiser Alam and Business Development Manager Intel Ahmad Tahir Masood. Intel Corporation on this occasion offered technical support of teachers training on modern lines which was accepted by the minister with thanks. The Minister maintained that teachers were the backbone in education system, therefore, teachers of government schools would be given special training for bright future of the nation. After training, performance of the teachers would regularly be monitored and those not performing well would be punished accordingly, he added.
Atif Khan said that “Ratta” Culture was the main reason behind our educational backwardness. Therefore, it was dire need of the hour to do away with this culture in education system and introduce new trends to enhance the knowledge and creative skills of the students, he said.