Tech-savvy Punjab: CM approves free public Wi- Fi across province

"Khadim-e-Punjab Metro Wi-Fi Network
Programme", free of charge Wi-Fi facility will be
provided at important educational institutions,
hospitals, railway stations, airports, metro bus
routes and bus stands. PHOTO: AFP
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif gave on
Thursday approval for free of charge public Wi-Fi facility
across the province.
While presiding over a high-level meeting, the chief minister
gave approval to various important measures for the promotion
of information technology in the province.
According to the Khadim-e-Punjab Metro Wi-Fi Network
Programme, free of charge Wi-Fi will be provided at important
educational institutions, hospitals, railway stations, airports,
metro bus routes and bus stands, among other places.
Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said that the Metro
Wi-Fi Network Programme will begin from Multan, Rawalpindi
and Lahore, and eventually expand.
The purpose of this programme is to promote education in the
province with the help of modern technology.
The chief minister also approved a proposal to provide tablets
to teachers of mathematics and science subjects from Class-VI
to X. Students of Class V to VIII of public sector schools who
obtain prominent positions in annual examinations will also be
given tablets.
Shahbaz added that the Punjab Information Technology Board
has also started the programme of digitalisation of textbooks
with the cooperation of Punjab Textbooks Board.
"Punjab government has digitalised all science and
mathematics textbooks from Grade 6 to 10, while CDs of the
books have also been produced."

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