|
Education key to success of a nation: Gilani
 [Dawn] Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani... Pakistain's erstwhile current prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics can be awe-inspiring ... Friday said education was the key to the success of a nation and to help it confront the challenges it faced. There's an opinion piece from Dawn on Page 4 today having to do with the proliferation of madrassahs. I wonder if Joe's read it? Addressing a function here at the PM Secretariat to award the top students of the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Prime Minister Gilani said health and education were his priority areas and desired that the Pak students excel in all fields. "Only an educated nation can survive in a fiercely competitive world," Gilani told the gathering comprising of beaming students who got the first three positions in 2010 and 2011. Prime Minister Gilani who handed over gold medals, cash awards and laptops to the successful candidates of the Senior and Higher Secondary School Certificate and urged them to serve as role-models and lead by setting good examples. He said after the 18th amendment education has been devolved to the provinces but assured that the federal government would provide them full assistance in helping meet the Millennium Development Goals. He said the parents also need to understand their responsibility that education up to primary was compulsory and vital for national development. Prime Minister Gilani also asked the private sector to help the government promote education and particularly mentioned that he announced setting up of a cadet college at Dadyal, Azad Kashmire and was assured that the overseas Paks would help the dream come to a reality. Posted by: Fred 2011-10-15 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=331659 |