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'Punjabi to be Adopted as Medium of Instruction'
Lahore, July 06: The Punjab government will adopt the Punjabi language as a medium of instruction in non-formal schools as an attempt to increase the literacy rate, Provincial Education Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman said in a statement on Sunday.

The minister said Rs 50 million had been earmarked for this scheme and Rs 385 million would be directed towards technical education under the Punjab Literacy and Livelihood Programme.

He said research showed that education through the mother tongue had proven helpful to educate the illiterate people in the world and added that the amount allocated for the purpose would be spent on textbooks, teachers' training and provision of learning material. The minister also said a centre for training and literacy would be opened in Punjab under the Punjab Literacy and Livelihood Programme. The major targets of this scheme are the provision of literacy material for the centres, technical and vocational training, research components, monitoring and evaluation. The minister said the scheme was being introduced to make the non-formal schools more attractive and also to increase literacy. Daily Times