The meeting aims to set a literacy rate target to 85 percent in the next five years
Azad Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet reviewed the recommendations of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on the Kashmir Development Package.
They approved further amendments and decided to forward megaprojects to the Planning Commission of the Government of Pakistan.
The Cabinet met in the federal metropolis on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi.
The AJK Prime Minister, on this occasion, directed that more projects related to tourism should be included in the Kashmir development package to further boost the tourism potential in the state.
Various proposals were also approved for enhancing the capacity of institutions and officers. A committee headed by Education Minister Dewan Ali Chughtai was formed to review the education policy 2022. The committee would also examine various aspects of the education policy and make recommendations to the cabinet. The third-party Azad Jammu and Kashmir Recruitment Act 2021 was also considered during the meeting.
The meeting approved the University of Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir Amendment Act 2018 and set a literacy rate target to 85 percent in the next five years.
Under the policy, uniforms and textbooks will be provided free to students who cannot afford educational materials.
The Prime Minister also directed the Secretary Higher Education and the Secretary Education Schools to immediately organise an educational conference to introduce modern educational methods and formulate a road map.
Addressing the cabinet meeting, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi said that all resources would be utilised to raise the standard of education in the state and urged the teaching community to discharge their duties with missionary spirit.
He said the government was spending a significant portion of the budget on the education sector, including the salaries of teachers, and now it is the responsibility of the teaching community to show better results for the future of the younger generation.
He said the government was taking all possible steps for the welfare of the people and coming up with the expectations of the state’s people.
He said special attention would be given to the development projects of all the constituencies, and funds would also be provided to the ministers and members assembly.
To complete the developmental projects. He said that the government was paying particular attention to the development of tourism and tourist destinations need to be made attractive.
Referring to the Kashmir issue, he said that the situation in Occupied Kashmir was deteriorating day by day and added that India could not suppress the indigenous freedom movement launched by the people of occupied Kashmir for attaining their fundamental right to self-determination. The cabinet meeting was attended by the Cabinet Minister, advisors and high ranking AJK State government officials.
