China is said to invest Rs. 6 billion in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education sector in order to digitize the curriculum of schools across the province. The investment will not only allow the notification that was released stating the investment will allow the KPK government to meet the modern demands of education and also completely revamp education techniques by using the latest technologies.
Previously in order to modernize education, Dr. Umar Saif had digitized the textbooks grades from 5th to 12th. The eLearn Punjab website at present contains 13,047 Video Lectures to provide students with additional resources. The initiative by the Chinese government for KPK is said to be on the same page. The KPK government envisions building a “learning management system” which will be deployed for use across every school in the province.
Furthermore, the Chinese government officials have also invited representatives from all 4 provinces before deciding to invest in KPK due to the quality of the education system there. The project is to be implemented in 3 phases, with the first phase consisting of a small rollout with only a few schools being digitized, and they will be implemented in other areas of the province. The project is to be inaugurated in Peshawar in March by the CIECC Director General Senior Engineer Prof Lu Zhenli and his delegation.
