WEB DESK: Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas disclosed a new initiative by the School Education Department to provide a meal per day to 100 primary school children in province.
Punjab Minister of Education tweeted along with the pictures of sharing a meal with the children.
“Another new initiative by the Punjab School Education Department. One free meal for our Primary School Children. We are starting this in 100 Schools InshAllah. I thank Allah Wallay Trust for providing the food. This would be great for our children,” he wrote.
ANOTHER NEW INITIATIVE by Punjab School Education Department. One free meal to our Primary School Children. We are starting this in 100 Schools InshAllah. I thank Allah Wallay Trust for providing the food. This would be great for our Children. pic.twitter.com/6kL4m2bG4W
— Murad Raas (@DrMuradPTI) November 4, 2020
During the dark times of Covid-19, this announcement came as a breath of fresh air for the families suffering economically.
Meanwhile, in the meeting presided over by Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood, it was decided that schools in Pakistan would remain open, despite the rising number of novel coronavirus cases.