LAHORE    -   Provincial Education Minister Murad Ras while expressing his views on the occasion of International Teach­ers’ Day said that today I pay tribute to the teachers around the world for their hard work and efforts. 

They are the architects of the na­tion as role of teachers is very im­portant and key for the development of any nation, he said. Murad further said that during the last few years, many steps have been taken to make the life of teachers easier and better in the Department of School Educa­tion Punjab. Through the positive and comprehensive use of mod­ern technology, an online system e-transfer for the transfer of nearly four lakh teachers in the Punjab Ed­ucation Department was completed in the first year of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s government in Punjab, he added. Under the e-transfer system, lakhs of teachers have benefited so far by applying for transfer at home through the online portal, he said. “Apart from this, the system of online retirement certificate, pension pay order, online leave, ACRs, PERs and others for teachers has also been ful­ly digitized. We have taken all steps to implement the vision of Digital Pakistan of former Prime Minister and Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan. The things that teachers used to do after many dif­ficulties, today they are doing it sit­ting at home without any suggestion, difficulty or bribe,’ he stated. Adding to this Murad said that we have re­moved the difficulties of teachers with these projects so that they can give full attention to the training and education of our children. No nation in this world can be successful with­out obtaining higher education. Our full focus is on providing the best educational facilities to our children and teachers, he added.