PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Muhammad Atif Khan Wednesday on behalf of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak gave a cheque of Rs 500,000 to Shah Faisal, a brilliant student of Malakand board who had topped the F.Sc Computer Science annual examination 2015 by securing 869 marks. The said student had also secured first position throughout the province in computer science ETEA entry test. Additional Secretary Education Qaiser Alam and Farman Ali father of Shah Faisal were also present on the occasion. Addressing the ceremony, Muhammad Atif Khan said that the position holder student of government schools and colleges deserved to be awarded by the government as they did not enjoy the facilities as the students of private institutions have. He said the parents of government schools going children have no insufficient resources to give their children the best education. He said the government was taking a number of steps for upgrading the standard of education in the government schools the government was encouraging the brilliant students of government schools and colleges. He said the government has also taken a number for steps to discourage copying in examination. Muhammad Atif said the PTI led Provincial government has recruited 2,500 teachers on merit due to which the education sector was headed in the right direction. He said a reward and punishment policy was followed in the education sector, so for four DEOs had been terminated while disciplinary action has been taken against a number of teachers. He said 441 closed schools have been made functional while the government was spending huge amounts of money over constructing additional class rooms in the present schools. He said for the first time in the history of the province had money been earmarked in the budget for education due to which the performance of education department has improved. Muhammad Atif Khan congratulated Shah Faisal and his father Farman Ali and hoped that due to their heroic efforts, Shah Faisal would earn a good name in the near future.