Federal IT Minister inaugurates country's first ever digital school.

KARACHI -- Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Syed Amin ul Haque on Thursday inaugurated the first digital school of the country in Orangi Town area of Karachi.

The Government Girls' Secondary School Raees Amrohi was adopted and renovated by Telecom Foundation Education System as the first ever digital school of the country under the vision of transforming communities.

Federal IT Minister while speaking at the occasion, said that government was working with a futuristic vision of development and prosperity of Pakistan and several measures particularly in information technology and telecommunication sectors were being taken in this regard.

He said that the first ever digital school of the country was opened in Orangi Town, an under-developed and under-served area of Karachi, where students, along with formal education, would also be provided training of market oriented computer and coding skills to enable them to join the digital world and start earning well before completion of their secondary level education.

The minister while reiterating his commitment with development of Orangi Town and welfare of the area residents, said that the digital school would prove another significant career building opportunity for girl students of Orangi Town.

A campus of Virtual University was already working in the area and a modern IT lab was developed at Moulvi Abdul Haq School while CSS coaching classes would also begin in the next month, he said and vowed that steps would be taken to upgrade the digital school to a graduation level educational institute.

The minister said, the federal government has sanctioned Rs.500 million for development of Orangi town and several schemes would start to develop the area, he said and added that he has taken the matter of extension of BRT Orange Line up to Raees Amrohi colony with CM Sindh who consented to the proposal.

Amin ul Haque said that work on Karachi IT Park had already been kicked off and completion of the project would generate thousands of employment opportunities for youth in the metropolis.

The Centre of Excellence in Karachi University, IT Incubation Centre, steps for promotion of gaming and animation and other considerate measures would further strengthen the IT infrastructure and human resource in the country, he said.

Highlighting the major achievements of IT Ministry, he informed that 70 new project of internet connectivity...