Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has formed the Chief Minister's Taskforce for Education. Former provincial education minister Mian Imran Masood has been appointed as the chairman of the Chief Minister's Taskforce for Education.
Chief Minister Parvez Elahi gave Mian Imran Masood the notification of the constitution of the Chief Minister's Taskforce for Education at his office and expressed his best wishes for him on new responsibilities.
Other members of the 12-member taskforce include Punjab Assembly members Shujaat Nawaz, Abdullah Yusuf Waraich, Khadija Umar, Secretary Higher Education, Secretary School Education, Vice Chancellor University of Education, Lahore Dr Talat Naseer, Chief Executive Officer Beacon House School System Qasim Kasuri, Chairman University of Lahore Owais Rauf, Managing Director LACAS Zainab Qureshi, Assistant Professor Sumira Rashid of Institute of Education and Research of the Punjab University.
The taskforce will take steps according to the vision of Chief Minister Punjab for the promotion of education. It will make recommendations to improve the performance of government schools, colleges, universities, and intermediate boards. The taskforce will also prepare a report on the problems of private educational institutions. The taskforce will review teachers' training, curriculum preparation and other issues for the promotion of quality education in the province and submit a report to the Chief Minister Punjab about its recommendations.
Mian Imran Masood has said that it is an honor for me to be elected as the chairman of the taskforce for education. A comprehensive action plan will be prepared to solve the problems of the education sector in Punjab. I will try my best to promote the education sector program of Chief Minister Parvez Elahi, he concluded.