LAKKI MARWAT: Chairman National Assembly`s Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training and PTl MNA Col (r) Ameerullah Marwat has said investment in education is key to development.

He was speaking as chief guest at a furniture distribution ceremony among government schools at Tajazai here the other day.

The lawmaker said the PTI-led provincial government had declared education emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and spent billions of rupees on provision of basic facilities to public sector schools.

He criticised successive governments for violation of merit and selling jobs during their tenures and said the incumbent government made the recruitment process transparent through NTS.

`The recruitment of highly qualified and talented teachers has helped repose parents` confidence in public sector schools, making them to get their children enrolled in state-run schools,` he said.-Corres pondentLAKKI MARWAT: Chairman National Assembly`s Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training and PTl MNA Col (r) Ameerullah Marwat has said investment in education is key to development.

He was speaking as chief guest at a furniture distribution ceremony among government schools at Tajazai here the other day.

The lawmaker said the PTI-led provincial government had declared education emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and spent billions of rupees on provision of basic facilities to public sector schools.

He criticised successive governments for violation of merit and selling jobs during their tenures and said the incumbent government made the recruitment process transparent through NTS.

`The recruitment of highly qualified and talented teachers has helped repose parents` confidence in public sector schools, making them to get their children enrolled in state-run schools,` he said.-Corres pondent