Following a seven-year break, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif approved the program’s resume on Friday.
After a seven-year break, the province administration announced that Punjabi students will once more receive the newest laptops.
This was decided at the changes to the higher education sector conference chaired by CM Maryam, during which a thorough briefing on laptops, student transportation, and the promotion of higher education was also provided.
The meeting was informed that more than 0.65 million students were enrolled in Punjab’s public and private universities. The group was briefed on the student population at universities, which consisted of 44% males and 56% females.
Provincial Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat, Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, and Information Minister Azma Zahid Bukhari, the chief secretary, secretary higher education and other officials also attended the meeting.
The government would revive the laptop program in 2023 under the auspices of the Prime Minister Youth Program, according to statements made on May 26, 2023, by Shaza Fatima Khawaja, the then-special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) for youth affairs.
Khawaja had revealed that 100,000 computers would be given to young people as part of the program.
