*President Mamnoon says youth blessed with unlimited potential, need education to tap it
Development of education sector, especially higher education is the government’s top priority, said President Mamnoon Hussain while addressing the 7th convocation of Islamia University, Bahawalpur on Friday.
Mamnoon said that Pakistani youth are blessed with a lot of talent and only quality education could unleash their potential that would benefit the society.
The president said that the nations which lagged behind in education failed to fully exploit their true potential, thus halting socio-economic progress.
He urged the youth to concentrate on acquiring modern education to put the country onto the path of progress and prosperity.
He also stressed that strict adherence to merit and transparency should be upheld in the education sector.
He said that he is cognisant of the issues faced by the Islamia University and assured his full support to resolve them.
The president said that the government is trying its best to overcome energy crises and the appreciation in rupee value, increase in foreign reserves and the upward trend of stock market index are the signs that country’s economy has been put on the right track due to the effective policies being adopted by the government. He further stated that the concept of trade instead of aid after achieving the status of GSP PLUS has opened new avenues for economic stability of the country.
GOVERNOR SAYS INSTITUTIONS SHOULD FOCUS ON FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS:
The Chancellor of the University Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar underscored the need for focusing on faculty development programs in educational institutions in order to enable them to impart quality education to students.
Earlier, Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Rao Muhammad Afzal Khan in his welcome address said that for the first time in the country on-line admission system has been launched in Islamia University, under which forty thousand applications have been received which shows that the university is playing the role of leading institution of South Punjab.
The president also distributed certificates, degrees, gold medals and silver medals among the position holders in different disciplines from Ph D to Masters of session 2010 of the university.