Education and health are the top priorities of the government, Chief Secretary GB.

GILGIT -- Chief Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan Mohiuddin Ahmed Wani has said that the education-friendly reforms and practical measures of the government are underway and all financial powers have been transferred to area Education Officers and Principals.

The chief secretary GB said while talking to media that all newly recruited teachers in GB were being trained through the Aga Khan Education Training Network. Chief Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan said that three additional salaries would be given to the teachers of the first five schools who perform best in the Federal Board examinations, two additional salaries for the sixth to tenth positions and two additional salaries to the teachers of those schools whose enrollment rate in schools is doubled.

Chief Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan said that technology fellows would provide computer training to middle school students while secondary school students would be taught a new...