Federal Minister opens STEM education system in Balochsitan.

QUETTA -- Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Agha Hasan Baloch on Thursday inaugurated the STEM education system in Balochistan.

The inaugural ceremony was held at Nawab Ghaus Bakhsh Raisani Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Quetta. Chairman Pakistan Science Foundation, Secretary Education Balochistan, Director Science, Director GSP and school principals also attended the ceremony.

While addressing the ceremony, the minister said that Pakistan Science Foundation has started STEM education system for the first time in Pakistan. 'I congratulate the Ministry of Science and Technology and Pakistan Science Foundation for making this vision a reality,' he said adding that under the project, fifty labs in government schools across the country would be developed on modern lines and converted into mini system fab labs.

He noted that training modules on STEM education were being prepared for grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 with an integrated teaching approach. Teachers of these schools will be trained on STEM modules jointly designed by China and PSF, he told.

The federal minister said...