Salaam to All, The writer is an independent consultant and chairperson to Punjab chief minister’s task force on women empowerment. She tweets @Fiza_Farhan Being a developing country and one with an almost exponentially growing population, Pakistan faces all sorts of socio-economic problems. But the underlying cause of these problems is the issue of illiteracy. Our government spends less than 3% on the education sector . Already an insufficient value for catering to the needs of a considerably large population, it is further misappropriated. According to a compilation of the World Literacy Foundation, more than 796 million people in the world cannot read and write , about 67 million children do not have access to primary school education and another 72 million miss out on secondary school education . Pakistan’s situation is even more unfortunate as it is estimated that 26% of the countries that are poorer than Pakistan , send a larger proportion of their children to schools. ...
Salaam to all, When the first Punjab College was founded in Lahore in 1985 it soon became one of the best commerce colleges in Punjab Pakistan. Since the first campus was established as commerce college so the fame remained restricted to that area of excellence. Gradually the increase in number of college campuses and the establishment of Punjab College of Science, the Punjab College of Business and so on the name Punjab College on the whole emerged as the best colleges in Lahore. The Punjab Colleges have now become the name of excellence in all programs they offer. The decades of showing excellent results and their culture of discipline and care is the most trusted by the parents in Pakistan. With 390 campuses all across the country , extensive college campuses, multiple time slots and a number of sections the colleges accommodate great number students offering excellent facilities and expose them to best and the quality educational resources. Punjab Group of Colleges is the ne...