Education key to fight extremism, terrorism: PM
Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said education was the key to fight against ignorance, extremism and terrorism, therefore the government had taken a number of steps to promote educational facilities, both for boys and girls.
Addressing Islamabad Model Schools for Boys and Girls here at PM Staff Colony, after inaugurating the new buildings of these two institutions, he said, “We do have financial constraints but fully determined to promote educational facilities and it is at top of the priorities of the government.”
Education key to fight extremism, terrorism and ignorance: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani
The Prime Minister said once the Muslims were at the top in the world, mainly due to the progress in education. He said lack of education was the main cause of the downward trend of the Muslims. He said education played an effective and key role in the progress and prosperity of the society, to keep it united and make it more stronger.
He said, “After the 18th Amendment, the education has become a provincial subject, but the Federal Government is still making sincere efforts and contributing a lot in the improvement of educational facilities in the country.”
The Prime Minister said the Federal Government has been in consultation with the chief ministers to have a coordinated, correlated and unified system of education throughout the country for providing equal opportunities to the students.
He said education was important for the progress and prosperity of the country, and added that illiteracy is root-cause of all destructions including the extremism and terrorism.
The Prime Minister said, “We should not under-estimate our youth as if they will be provided adequate opportunities, they have the talent and they could project the name of the country and their parents in the world.”
He said the government will take important decisions to promote education and special emphasis will be given on teachers training and creating harmony among the teachers and parents to improve educational facilities.
The Prime Minister said teachers and parents should be role-model for the children so that they could be motivated to get education without any hesitation and difficulty to play a due role in nation building.
Gilani said youth played important role in Pakistan Movement and Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah considered the youth as his main force.
He said the youth had proved it that they could play important role in any difficulty and challenge either earthquake, floods or extremism.
Referring to 51 percent female population, the Prime Minister assured that the government would ensure equal opportunities in education and other fields for the female population.
The Prime Minister said, “The students are asset for the country and they are not liabilities” therefore despite financial constraints, the government has been providing funds for the education sector.
He said due to awareness among the people and especially in the students, every one knew that extremism and terrorism were the real enemies of the country and creating hurdle in the progress and prosperity of the country.
Appreciating the contribution of some of the foreign countries in the promotion of educational facilities in Pakistan, the Prime Minister said, the government would make more steps for the mobilization of the international community for the promotion of educational facilities.
The Prime Minister said the government had also been taking steps for the improvement of educational institutions and he referred to the decision taken by him to declare all educational institutions in the Federal Capital as Model Schools and Colleges to improve the standard of these institutions.
During the visit to the library, the Prime Minister assured the students that the government would provide more books and reading material to them as required.
The Prime Minister also announce Rs. 100,000 to the students who presented Milli songs on this occasion.
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