Government decides to implement uniform schooling system

Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said that the government has decided to implement a uniform schooling system across the country.

He was addressing a press conference in Islamabad.

Different socioeconomic classes exist because of different schooling systems, the minister said. He also announced that the government has decided to ban corporal punishment.

Chaudhry announced that provincial governments will be asked to regulate private schools fees, and that an education task force will be formed to tackle the problem of 25 million out of schools children.

The cabinet also restored Rs80b discretionary funds for parliamentarians. Earlier on August 24, the federal government had eliminated the discretionary funds for the president, prime minister, federal ministers and members of parliament.

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