CM Maryam fumes over class 9 result, orders major school reforms

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has expressed concern over the class 9 examination result and ordered action against teachers linked to poor results, while deciding to bring a new ordinance for the purpose, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The decisions were taken during a video-link meeting chaired by Maryam Nawaz in Lahore on Thursday, where she was briefed on school education.The meeting agreed in principle to link students’ examination results with teachers’ performance. The chief minister also ordered immediate action where the Class 9 result is below 20 percent.

Maryam Nawaz also approved in principle the start of monthly and annual examinations in every class and ordered officials to present a complete timeline and reforms plan next week. The chief minister directed authorities to reward schools with the best results. Schools topping the results in every district will also be given awards.

The meeting decided to start evening coaching for academically weak students in government schools. It also agreed to discourage the practice of removing weak students from schools.

Maryam Nawaz ordered that vacant head teacher posts be filled within 45 days and directed authorities to ensure the appointment of subject specialists in government schools. She instructed the education minister to ensure checking and monitoring at every level.

The chief minister expressed satisfaction over the best results of Government Girls High School Bhoun in Jhang and sought district-wise monthly rating data of schools. The meeting also decided to introduce a “Unified Monitoring App” for school monitoring.

A pilot project of “Library on Wheels” will be launched in Lahore. The three-wheeler mobile library will have more than 20,000 digital books and will also offer video learning lectures.

Maryam Nawaz also sought a performance report of outsourced schools.

The chief minister said point-scoring in government schools would not solve the issue and that improvement was necessary. She said teachers’ hard work should be reflected in students’ results.

Reporter: Rao Dilshad Hussain