Health, education sectors top govt’s priority list: minister

PESHAWAR: NWFP Minister for Population Welfare Saleem Khan said that the present government gives top priority to education and health sectors and revolutionary steps were being taken for the improvement of both the sectors.
He expressed these views, while talking to a delegation from Drosh, Chitral that called on him at his office on Saturday. The provincial minister said that the government was taking steps to bring the backward areas at par with the other developed areas in the field of education and health.
The delegation apprised the minister of the problems being faced by the people of its area including those related to health, education and power supply.
The minister assured the delegation of solving these problems on priority basis and said that the government alone cannot improve the situation of educational institutions without full participation of the community.
He urged the parent-teacher committees to play an active role in ensuring the attendance of teachers at schools in their respective localities and report the absence of teachers to the concerned authorities so that action can be taken against the teachers negligent of their duties.
The delegation demanded to upgrade the primary school of the area to middle school keeping in view the needs of the people.
The minister directed the concerned authorities to send proposal to the provincial government regarding up-gradation of the school, so that it could be included in the next annual development programme. -- APP