Pakistan: Punjab to train 10,000 teachers in STEM, green skills
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Punjab will train at least 10,000 teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and green skills under a $100 million Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded programme aimed at strengthening secondary education in the province.
Punjab will train at least 10,000 teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and green skills under a $100 million Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded programme aimed at strengthening secondary education in the province.
According to official documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the Responsive, Ready and Resilient STEM Secondary Education in Punjab programme will run until June 2030.
It aims to improve access to quality STEM education, particularly for girls, while upgrading school infrastructure, laboratories and teacher training.
The programme targets an increase of at least 50,000 students in Grades 9 and 10 in participating schools, with girls accounting for at least half of the additional enrolment.
It also plans to construct or renovate multipurpose STEM laboratories in at least 2,300 schools and equip them with modern software and laboratory equipment.
According to the documents, the programme will deliver gender-sensitive and inclusive STEM and green skills training to at least 10,000 teachers.
It will also establish STEM and green skills clubs, expected to benefit at least 40,000 girls in programme-supported schools.
The initiative further includes strengthening school leadership, outsourcing laboratory management in at least 100 participating schools to private-sector partners, and improving learning outcomes for Grade 10 science students.
The STEM programme is intended to strengthen science education and equip students with practical knowledge and skills needed for future education and employment opportunities.
Reference Link:- https://www.app.com.pk/national/punjab-to-train-10000-teachers-in-stem-green-skills/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
