Lahore: Punjab government has collaborated with Microsoft Pakistan to launch Industry Certification Program across the province.

According to a press statement by Punjab’s School Education Department, Quaid-e-Azam Academy for Educational Development (QAED), an ISO Certified premier teacher training institute of Punjab, partnered with Microsoft Pakistan under the wing of School Education Department Government of Punjab to embark upon its Digital Transformation Journey.

Talking about the development, Punjab’s Minister for Education, Murad Raas said this partnership between Microsoft and Government of Punjab is another step towards the PM’s vision of Digital Pakistan.

He said that Government was committed to support these collaborations helping to bring digital revolution in our society. “Our Primary focus is to enhance the capability and capacity of our teacher’s to best utilize available Digital technology to adopt modern techniques for learning purposes and as a first step Government will train 10,000 teachers in the first Phase which will be upscaled to all public sector teachers under School Education Department. We believe that digitalization of education will definitely bring more transparency to the whole system.” He said.