14 ENGLISH MEDIUM MODEL SCHOOLS

The City District Council on Saturday approved a resolution by majority vote to covert 14 schools of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) into model English medium schools.

he schools would teach standardized books from well known publishers to accord uniformity in syllabus.

Another resolution said that the employees of 18 towns and 178 union councils would be ensured uniformed medical facilities at CDGK hospitals.

The resolution passed in the Council said that 14 schools functioning under the Local Bodies Education Group of the CDGK would be selected as model English medium schools. A committee would be formed for every school and books published by M/s Gaba Publishers and Oxford University Press would be taught at these schools.

Another resolution said that a three-tier municipal system was functioning at the moment under the Sindh Local Government Ordinance 2001 but due to some technicalities all the employees were not enjoying the same facilities thereby causing frustration amongst them. It said that if they were provided equal medical opportunities, their performance would become better and their problems would be solved.

Leader of the House, Asif Siddiqui, pointed out that the employees of 18 towns and 178 union councils should be allowed free healthcare at CDGK hospitals since they were suffering a lot due to uneven three-tier system that was causing ill feeling amongst them.

Siddiqui also said that the House should also send a strong message to the federal government on burgeoning sugar crisis by passing a unanimous resolution. He said that it should be unveiled that who was benefiting from sugar subsidy.