DC for improving education quality to meet challenges ahead.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN -- Deputy Commissioner Mansoor Arshad has underlined the need for taking solid measures to improve the quality and standards of education for meeting the present day's challenges.

He expressed these views while chairing a meeting of the District Steering Committee for Education, which was attended by officials of the district administration, education department and representatives of other relevant departments.

The DC said that education was a key to socioe-conomic development of a country, so effective measures were needed to be taken for equipping students with a quality education while keeping in view the challenge ahead.

The officials of the education department gave a detailed briefing about various matters including the number of schools, teachers, students, performance, double shift schools and the problems faced by the department.

Mansoor Arshad said that no compromise could be made on education and action would be taken against the...