IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar's plausible initiative to provide higher education to the children of police employees
Signing of MOU between Punjab Police and Aspire Group of Schools and Colleges for educational scholarships
Under the MOU, children of police martyrs will get absolutely free education and uniforms in schools and colleges of Aspire Group.
Children of serving and retired employees will be given 50% discount on admission, tuition fee and uniform purchase.
Providing quality education to the children of police personnel is one of my top priorities. IG Punjab
Aspire Group will also offer jobs to highly educated daughters of police martyrs on special quota in its educational institutions. Umar Nazar Shah, Aspire Group
Lahore, February 18- An MOU has been signed between Punjab Police and Aspire Group of Schools and Colleges to provide educational facilities to the children of Punjab Police employees, according to which the children of police martyrs will be admitted to the schools and colleges managed by Aspire Group with free education, admission fee and free uniform. Moreover, the children of serving and retired employees will be given 50% discount on admission, tuition fee and purchase of uniform. In a ceremony held at Central Police office, Addl IG Welfare Riaz Nazir Gara and Aspire Group CEO Syeda Nazish Umar Shah and Group Managing Director Mushtaq Ahmed signed the MOU. Speaking at the ceremony, IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar said that provision of quality education to children of police employees in the best schools and colleges is among my top priorities. He said that due to their limited resources, police employees are not able to get their children admitted in good educational institutions, so the MOU between Punjab Police and Aspire Group will be an important milestone to free them from this worry. IG Punjab directed the officers to take special steps to inform the police force in all districts about the MOU so that maximum number of employees can benefit from this facility. He expressed these views while talking to the officers at the MOU signing ceremony with Aspire Group of Schools and Colleges at the Central Police Office.
On behalf of Aspire Group, Umar Nazar Shah paid tribute to the services of the Punjab Police and said that the officers and personnel of the Punjab Police put their lives at risk to serve and protect the public, which is very important to be acknowledged. He said that Aspire Group will also offer jobs on special quota to daughters of police martyrs who have obtained MPhil, B.Ed or other advanced degrees in its educational institutions.
He said that the MOU with Punjab Police is a small contribution from Aspire Group in recognition of the services of police personnel under which as many as children of police martyrs along with disabled police personnel will be admitted in Aspire schools and colleges. IG Punjab said that the admission process of children of police employees in Aspire schools and colleges should be made easier. IG Punjab further said that I appreciate the support and passion of Aspire Group for the education of children of police personnel. On this occasion, Addl IG Welfare Riaz Nazir Gara, DIG welfare Ghazi Salahudin, DIG Headquarters Humayun Bashir Tarar, DIG IT Ahsan Younas and AIG Finance Hasan Asad Alvi were present while all RPOs and Unit Heads of the province participated through video link. On behalf of Aspire Group, heads and regional directors of their schools and colleges were also present in the ceremony. Commemorative souvenirs were also exchanged between IG Punjab and Aspire Group, while at the end of the ceremony, Aspire Group paid tribute to police martyrs and a special documentary made in the honor of police martyrs was also screened.
(Handout No.68)
Nayab Haider
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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