Honesty tuck shops at schools to teach morality.

LAHORE -- A meeting chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Ahmad Buzdar Friday decided to teach the subjects of Ethics, Civics and Naazra Quran at the Punjab Daanish Schools.

These subjects would be included in the syllabus of Daanish schools. An annual sports festival will also be held at these schools.

The meeting also decided to impart moral education to the students through life-skills learning in partnership with The Aga Khan University.

An official handout said that the students will be taught Naazra Quran at Daanish schools on the directions of the chief minister. The meeting gave in-principle approval to matters pertaining to the rationalization of staff and recruitment of teachers of Daanish schools.

Usman Buzdar also accorded approval to new contracts to the employees who have completed their tenure besides giving his nod for payment of past dues to the staff of Daanish schools.

Chief Minister directed to introduce similar uniform in all the schools.

He was told that honesty tuck shops will be set up to morally educate the students. Children would personally pay the amount of items which they would purchase and there would no shopkeepers in such shops. The proposal of increasing students' quota from backward areas in Daanish schools was also reviewed and a briefing was given about the performance and other matters relating to the Daanish schools. Provincial minister for schools Murad Raas, Vice Chairperson Sumera Ahmad (MPA), Chief Secretary, administrative secretaries, CEO Punjab Daanish Schools Authority and others attended the meeting.

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