Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform on Friday formally launched the month-long national primary enrollment campaign, titled Chalo School.
The minister launched the campaign at a government school in Narowal district with the slogan “Let’s pledge, no child out of school”, said a press release issued here. Speaking at the ceremony, Ahsan Iqbal said children aged between five and nine years will be enrolled in schools under the campaign.
All the provincial governments, he said, would take special steps to enroll children in schools during the month of April. The federal government would coordinate with all the provinces to make this campaign successful and ensure an educated Pakistan, he added.
Ahsan Iqbal said that it is the age of knowledge education and research, which were key to economic development in today’s world.
He said Pakistan’s problems stemmed from the policies of the past when education was not given top priority adding that the present government was giving top priority to education, which was reflected from the increased budget for higher education.
The minister said that every child had to be educated to make Pakistan sovereign and developed in real terms. He pointed out that the nations were conspiring against themselves, which had plunged in ignorance and illiteracy.