Asif Saeed Manais inaugurates a park for special children at Bahawalpur

Lahore: Provincial Minister for special education Punjab Asif Saeed Manees inaugurated a park  of “friendly user’s swings” for special children here today. The park which has been completed with a total allocation of Rs.10 million is situated in the heart of the city near old campus of Islamia University Bahawalpur.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by DCO, Dr. Ehtashm Anwar Mahar, EDO Community development Aftab peer zada ,DEO special education Mrs Shazi Hashmat, Director Parks & Horticulture Mr. Qazzafi bin shakoor,Chairman union council bilal baloch, teachers and children of the special education school.

While speaking on the occasion Provincial Minister for special education said that Punjab Government was fully committed to establish a sustainable and comprehensive mechanism to extend realistic to special children to rehabilitate them as a useful member of the society.

“Special children” would get enabled to fully utilized their talent and potential to play their positive, constructive and tangible role in pushing forwarded socio-economic developmental process by acquiring modern education and skill both at normal schools and school made for special children” The minister maintained. He said that the Punjab Government has undertaken a project to provide education to the special children at normal schools which has been operationalized at two districts of the Punjab:- Bahawalpur and Muzafargarh. This project would be extended to as many as 11 districts to bring maximum number of special children in the mainstream education network. Minister further said that the special children living at for away distance from the schools would be provided vouchers with the collaboration of Punjab education Foundation to facilitate them to carry on academic carries.

Provincial Minister underlined the need to adopt a holistic approach of inclusive, progressive, developmental model to facilitate the special children by engaging non-development sector to join hands with the Governmental efforts to ensure decent living for the special children.

Speaking on the occasion DCO Dr. Ehtasham Anwar Mahar appreciated the initiative of the Parks & Horticulture Authority Bahawalpur for establishing a park for the special children in Bahawalpur City.

Speaking on the occasion DCO Dr. Ehtasham Anwar Mahar said that the comprehensive system has been evolved to import different skills through various training programme to the special persons and children to enable them to serve in different departments to get maximum benefit from Punjab government initiative of Quota of 3 percent allocated for the special persons. “A park equipped with modern facilities for special children is inline with Government of Punjab’s policy to facilitate the special persons to live a normal life”.

The DCO said he paid rich tribute to the officers of Parks & Horticulture Bahawalpur for their outstanding to establish a park for the special children having the modern recreational facilities. DO special education welcome the guests and inform audience about various facility of the park which include: offered mechanical animal and birds, green lawns  attractive spring and jogging track.