LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to introduce digital reforms in all education boards across the province.
The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore will hold a briefing and training session on December 13. Officials from all Punjab boards will attend the event.
The government plans to launch and implement a digital examination system in every examination board to improve the current process.
Task Force Committee for Boards Chairman Muzammil Mahmood said that important digital measures were being introduced. He said these steps would ensure transparency, accuracy and trust in the examination system.
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BISE Lahore spokesperson Tahir Javed said that system analysts and computer programmers had been asked to participate in the training.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has directed authorities to install cameras for digital surveillance outside all schools and educational institutions.
She ordered Punjab Police to conduct mock security drills in collaboration with the School Education Department. She also made security guards, entry checking and CCTV cameras mandatory for all educational institutions.
The chief minister also instructed officials to register the drivers and staff of buses coming from other provinces to Punjab.
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She further directed the police and other law enforcement agencies to work with Motorway Police to strengthen security. She ordered improved digital monitoring in parks across Punjab and asked the Safe City Authority to review all CCTV cameras in the province, including in Lahore and Rawalpindi.
She also directed the linking of CCTV cameras installed in homes and markets to the Safe City system to help identify anti-social elements. She instructed authorities to continue combing operations and take action against illegal Afghans.
The chief minister asked deputy commissioners (DCs) and district police officers (DPOs) to contact elders of local areas and prepare a computerized record of citizens from other provinces living in Punjab, while also identifying illegal Afghans.
