Urdu to English Medium Government Schools

The Punjab School Education Department has notified the conversion of all its schools from the Urdu medium to English medium. The government decision aims at competing with the globalized world in the field of knowledge. With a view to enabling the teachers to teach English medium books, all the headmasters/ headmistresses and senior teachers have been designated "Master Trainers". The teachers have already undergone six-day training course in spoken English. The rest of the teachers would undergo spoken English 12-day course. The Government of Pakistan had approved in the curriculum-2006 that mathematics, science and social studies subjects would be taught in English. The School Education Department had issued instructions for the implementation of the decision of the federal government, however, the Government of the Punjab was implementing the decision gradually. In the first phase, some primary, middle and high schools have been selected where the above mentioned three subjects would be taught in English.