LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz approved public schools’ reorganisation programme focusing on rehabilitation of government schools across province.

Chairing meeting here, she said that target has been set to construct and rehabilitate 1,000 grounds of government schools in period of six months. She directed to start weekly and monthly competitions in government schools. She directed comprehensive mapping of schools to determine facilities and needs across Punjab. She called for plan to regularise 14,000 Assistant Education Officers and Secondary School Educators in Punjab. She approved launch of Green School Programme, under which each student will plant at least one sapling and digital mapping of plants will be completed. She was apprised that Punjab School Nutrition Programme’s pilot project in Rajanpur, Layyah and Bhakkar will start from August. Proposals for introduction of spoken English and character-building classes in government schools were also reviewed. She directed authorities concerned to restore 603 non-functional schools across Punjab.