The Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) on Thursday was informed that measures has been taken to bring the religious seminaries (Deeni Maddaris) of erstwhile FATA into mainstream education system.
Newly inducted minister of education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Akbar Ayub Khan, on Wednesday visited the Directorate of Elementary and Secondary Education, vowing that he would do all to ensure quality education for achieving socio-economic development.
An ambitious student enrolment drive is underway in Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) and frontier regions (FR), aimed at bringing 200,000 children to schools.