Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has directed that recruitment of teachers in Daanish Schools should be made keeping in view an appropriate student-teacher ratio to maintain the quality of teaching.

He was chairing the first meeting of the Steering Committee of the Daanish School Authority in Islamabad today.

He said that Daanish Schools are being established in backward and less developed areas to enable children of these areas to excel through quality education. 

The meeting reviewed the reorganization of the Daanish School Authority, improvement in manpower, financial impact, administrative and governance system and institutional structure.