The government of Khyber Pakh
tunkhwa is going to start second shift cl
asses with an aim to provide more learning facilities to students in government schools.
Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Khyber Pakh
tunkhwa Shahram Khan Tarakai would chair a meeting on Tuesday to take important decisions about the launching of evening classes.
An official of Elementary and Secondary Education department told APP on Monday that initially evening cl
asses would be started in more than 100 government schools across t
he province and it would be extended to other schools in phases.
He said the education depart
ment has set a target of second shift cl
asses in 400 sch
ools within next three months.
He said that evening cl
asses would resolve the issue of overcrowding in classrooms and facilitate teachers to focus more on students and their progress.
The govern
ment has allocated Rs110 million to take the initiative in settled districts and Rs35 million for merged tribal districts in the budget, the official added.
The official said the second shift would begin at 3:00 p.m. and end at 7:30 p.m. while the depart
ment has finalized all arrangements in this regard.
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