Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday met with Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi to discuss the promotion of education and especially girls’ education in Punjab along with the STEAM programme.
Yousfzai also discussed the issue of corporal punishment in schools and religious seminaries.
CM Punjab has assured Malala that his government will pass a bill against corporal punishment this month. “We will implement the law on giving physical punishment and this law will be passed from the Punjab Assembly during the current month,” he said.
In addition, CM Elahi ordered recruitment of 10,000 teachers in STEAM and ordered the secretary of the school education department to call a meeting to discuss the release of a budget of Rs165 million for STEAM education.
CM Punjab while lauding Malala’s effort to promote education said, “Malala Yousafzai is not only an excellent example for the women of Pakistan but also for the world. She confronted terrorism and extremism for the sake of getting education.”
He also praised the Malala Fund for “striving to constitute such a society where every female can attain education and become a leader in future.”
