The outbreak of the corona virus has affected almost all walks of life since the beginning of the year. Among them, the education sector is at the top of the list of negatively affected institutions. The process of acquiring knowledge in educational institutions has been interrupted for more or less six months. KPK Education Minister announced revolutionary educational reforms in the province with the help of Google’s technologies.
Opportunity Behind Threat
Each threat is said to bring with it new opportunities. During the lockdown, teachers, students and management of educational institutions received help from technology tools on an emergency basis to continue their education. In such a situation, the use of technology increased and its usefulness began to be better understood.
KPK Education Ministry announced Reforms
KPK Education Minister Shahram Tarakai recently announced that he was going to modernize educational activities in the province with the help of Google’s technologies. In this regard, they will get help of Google’s special program “Google for Education“. He added in a message on the social networking site Twitter that he would make sure that teachers were trained on the program first. Later, its scope will be extended to students. In that case, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will be the first province to replace the outdated education system with a modern one.
In a virtual meeting, the Google for Education team reviewed all its aspects and informed about its usefulness. In the future, it is hoped that other provinces of Pakistan will take similar steps towards educational reform.
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