ISLAMABAD: A project to turn 33,000 schoolgirls in the rural areas of the federal capital “computer literate” was launched by the Ministry of Information Technology on Thursday.
Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, State Minister for Information Technology Anusha Rahman Khan and Minister of State for CADD Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry watched the signing ceremony of two agreements to establish computer labs in more than 100 government schools for girls which launched the project.
State Minister for Information Technology Anusha Rahman Khan said her ministry’s Universal Services Fund (USF) signed one agreement with the Federal Directorate of Education for setting up computer labs and another with Microsoft for training over 90 teachers to run the computer labs.
Welcoming the project and the signing of the two MoUs, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar praised the efforts of the people and institutions involved in promoting ICT amongst girls from rural areas. He said progress was being made to build a digital and financially inclusive Pakistan.
Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said the project will help in bridging the IT and education gap between the urban and rural areas of Pakistan Under the project, state-of-the-art Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities and trained human resources will be provided to the selected girl schools at primary, middle and secondary level in rural areas of Islamabad, the gathering was told.
In addition, these schools will be ensured operational and maintenance support for three years.
This special project aims to train schoolgirls of rural background in digital coding skills and building early stage aptitude for ICT related careers. The project is expected to empower them by equipping them with modern IT knowledge and opening the doors of the IT sector to them.
Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, State Minister for Information Technology Anusha Rahman Khan and Minister of State for CADD Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry watched the signing ceremony of two agreements to establish computer labs in more than 100 government schools for girls which launched the project.
State Minister for Information Technology Anusha Rahman Khan said her ministry’s Universal Services Fund (USF) signed one agreement with the Federal Directorate of Education for setting up computer labs and another with Microsoft for training over 90 teachers to run the computer labs.
Welcoming the project and the signing of the two MoUs, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar praised the efforts of the people and institutions involved in promoting ICT amongst girls from rural areas. He said progress was being made to build a digital and financially inclusive Pakistan.
Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said the project will help in bridging the IT and education gap between the urban and rural areas of Pakistan Under the project, state-of-the-art Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities and trained human resources will be provided to the selected girl schools at primary, middle and secondary level in rural areas of Islamabad, the gathering was told.
In addition, these schools will be ensured operational and maintenance support for three years.
This special project aims to train schoolgirls of rural background in digital coding skills and building early stage aptitude for ICT related careers. The project is expected to empower them by equipping them with modern IT knowledge and opening the doors of the IT sector to them.
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