By Ashrafuddin Pirzada
JAMRUD(Khyber): Khyber District Education Officer(DEO) Muhammad Shaukat on Saturday said that quality of education was the ultimate tool to bring positive changes and establish a healthy environment in the militancy suffered Khyber district.
Muhammad Shaukat was speaking at a prize distribution ceremony held at the Paindilama higher secondary school in the Mulagori sub-tehsil of the Khyber tribal district. He was accompanied by assistant district education officer Khan Azam Afridi, principal Muhammad Shahid, and vice principal Muhammad Usman.
A large number of parents, teachers, local elders, and students attended the ceremony.
He said that the director of education of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hafiz Muhammad Ibrahim had given him the task to work hard so that all out-of-school children could be registered in the state-owned schools in the coming educational year. He said a one-window operation was launched at the DEO office for the visitors to solve their problems with minimum time waste.
Shaukat said people would realize the positive outcome of the measures taken after he was posted in the Khyber district. He said they have talented students in government schools. He said they would use all the available resources to provide the best educational environment to students.
The official said the process of recruiting 350 fresh teachers was underway. He said soon they would fill the vacant posts in all schools in the district. He said they have constituted parent-teacher councils in 382 schools to address issues at the respective school level.
The newly posted education officer said that he was awarded of the issues prevailing and he would honestly work beyond political favoritism in the best interest of the people.
Principle Muhammad Shahid, vice principal Muhammad Usman, and assistant education officer Khan Azam Afridi also spoke on the occasion.
They distributed prizes among position holders۔
