Pakistan, Oct. 3 -- Punjab chief minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif made important announcements while addressing a ceremony in the honor of matric and intermediate position-holders of all 09 educational boards of Punjab. She pledged to bear all educational expenses of position holders, besides providing them laptops in recognition of their meritorious performance in the field of education. She said that the Punjab government would establish Centers of Excellence for boys and girls across Punjab, and would create 6000 new science, technology, arts, engineering and mathematics labs to strengthen STEM education in the province.

As part of a plan to improve access and learning conditions, Punjab government will launch a school-transport programme...