Minister of CADD Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has directed the Federal Directorate of Education and the management of Prime Minister Education Reform Program to immediately launch the Smart School Project. The minister chaired a meeting on education sector which was attended by the Parliamentary Secretary of CADD, Maiza Hameed, Advisor of CADD on Education, Ali Raza and officials of the FDE.

The meeting was informed that Smart School is based upon the concept of 'blended learning' in which the significant and rapid improvement in quality of education is achieved through technology-enabled learning. In the first phase of the project, 24 schools of Islamabad - 12 boys and 12 girls' schools - will be upgraded with relevant technology infrastructure to enhance their comprehension through the usage of information technology.

The major elements of the Smart Schools will be to provide computers in selected schools, internet connectivity, online learning systems that allows student to access instructional materials, provision of high quality bilingual (English and Urdu) online instructional material and provision of teacher training to improve their technical skills by using latest techniques.-PR

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