Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has officially become the first province in the country to teach
STEAM courses in schools starting with Peshawar’s Government Higher Secondary School Mathra. The Department of Education has partnered with Future Pakistan to empower more than 4 million government school students with several skill-based courses from primary to higher secondary levels.
“We are very proud and excited that Future Pakistan is playing a crucial role alongside the provincial government in developing the progressive future of the children of KP,” said Omar Farooqui, Founder, and Chairman of Future Pakistan. Farooqui said that Future Pakistan had received a mandate from the KP Education Ministry to provide STEM education and health support to children studying in government schools across the province.
Farooqui also lauded Education Minister Shahram Khan Tarakai’s commitment to education. “We are grateful to Minister Tarakai, who supported us and gave us huge responsibility. Without his guidance and the Education Department’s support, this endeavor would not have been possible,” he said. Farooqui said that Minister Tarakai is very committed to the cause of empowerment of KP children with 21st-century skills and education.
“We will provide three short courses on different technology skills to students every year for five years across the province. We started our first school in Peshawar and will be adding schools organically. A Hackathon will be organized every year to showcase the local talent and skills these children have acquired over a year. It will be a gradual learning process,” he said. According to him, the idea is to produce the best technology brains not just for Pakistan but also for the world, making KP the breeding ground of tech talent in South Asia and beyond.