Health, education sectors' uplift priority of govt: PM
Prime minster says government is striving to impart quality education to make our economy stronger.
PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf while inaugurating O and A level classes at a college in Islamabad on Thursday said the economy of the advanced countries is dependent on education.
He urged to focus full attention towards seeking wisdom and technology, with the emphasis that all policies should be framed while keeping in view the available resources.
He said, “The nation can achieve success if we improve our health and education sectors which are the key to the students’ mental‚ physical and intellectual levels.”
He said, “Now we have challenges which in fact have opportunities for the nation and we must transform our traditional educational systems with the knowledge based one.”
He said we are living in a world‚ which is undergoing transformation. The process of globalization has accelerated this pace of transformation and presented new challenges as well as opportunities. The shifts are taking place in global economic and political structures. The buzz-word in today s world is knowledge-based economies.
He said knowledge has come to be identified as a factor of production and an engine of socio-economic development. The balance of power is slowly but steadily shifting towards Asia.
Raja Pervez Ashraf said Pakistan has a unique geo-strategic location being the gateway into resource-rich Central Asia and a regional trade corridor.
He said, “We are blessed with immense natural and human resources. In order to leverage these advantages‚ we need to promote education. He said investment in human resource development is not a privilege but an imperative if we have to achieve a respectable place in the comity of nations.
He strongly recommended a liaison between markets and educational institutions to produce requisite workforce to meets the demands of industry.
Prime Minister also announced establishment of a computer centre‚ one million rupees for library and provision of yellow buses for pick and drop services for students.
