Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Engr. Iqbal Zafar Jhagra said that the government is striving hard to meet the target of 100 per cent literacy rate in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
Addressing the annual day ceremony of the Latif Foundation School, Rawat, on Sunday, he said due to the efforts of the incumbent Government we are heading towards peace, progress and development. He said, “Load-shedding and energy crisis in Pakistan will end by 2018 and we will have surplus energy.”
The governor acknowledged the role of Latif Foundation School in the promotion of education and said quality teachers are critical for quality education, “Students are precious assets and future of the nation and their success is indeed the result of the endeavours and sacrifices of their parents and faculty members.”
He further added that the present government is determined to bring positive and discernable improvements in every sector. He said whole the nation stood united with our security forces in the war against terrorism adding that we are committed to root out the wave of militancy and terrorism throughout the country one and for all.
He said that efforts are being made to ensure the rehabilitation and successful repatriation of TDPs to their native homes in FATA.
He said in this regard steps have been taken and the education sector is on top of our priorities. He said our focus was on provision of quality education. He said education was the key to success and it plays pivotal role in the future development and prosperity of the nation. He said by improving the standard of education we can only compete with the world as an illiterate nation can never achieve the goals of development and progress.
Congratulating the distinguished students on this occasion, the Governor advised them to pay their full attention towards their studies and to highlight the name of their respective institution.
He encouraged them to achieve the goals; students must devote all their energies towards acquiring knowledge which is essential for them and the country’s prosperous and bright future. Youth was the leaders of the future, he added. He also called upon the students to prepare themselves and fully concentrate on their study.
Principal of the school, Najam Khan on the occasion presented the annual progress report and also highlighted curricular and extra-curricular activities of the school in detail.
The governor also witnessed the display of Co-Curricular activities and distributed the awards among the position holder students and best teachers. Besides, Senator Salim Zia, Chairman Latif Foundation, Ishtiaq Latif, Ilyas Latif, the ceremony was largely attended by scores of students and their parents.