Peshawar: Schools in the restive northwestern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will re-open on Monday, an official said, after an extended break following a brutal Taliban assault which killed 150 people, the country’s deadliest-ever attack.
Provincial Information Minister Mushtaq Ghani told AFP that “all the necessary security measures” have been taken for 35,000 educational institutions, including schools, colleges and universities to re-open on January 12.
The government had announced a winter vacation due to security threats after the deadly attack on the military-run school in Peshawar killed 150 people, including 134 children.
Ghani also said the authorities would build walls around government-run education institutions which would extend at least eight feet high, and would also introduce community policing systems whereby civilians with experience operating weapons would be trained and paid to guard educational facilities.
Private sector schools, colleges and universities have meanwhile been issued with strict guidelines with requirements including having guards, Ghani said, adding that schools’ licenses could be revoked if they did not follow the rules.
Govt to adopt result-based management
ISLAMABAD: The meeting on improving the government’s performance through undertaking systemic reforms agenda that met on Thursday has decided that ‘Results Based Management’ would become a fundamental reform programme, which the Pakistan’s federal government will pursue in order to ensure value for money and effective delivery of public services.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, under whose chairmanship the meeting was held, desired that a pilot model of a few ministries be initiated to test the working of the system before its full-scale implementation. As a next step, a roadmap will be developed that outlines key steps and a presentation will be made to the prime minister.
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