KARACHI: Education is indispensable for the progress and development of a society and is a basic right of every child.
These views were expressed by Naval Staff (CNS) Chief Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah at the inauguration ceremony of Bahria Model School at Younusabad on Thursday.
Speaking as the chief guest, he said that it was a matter of pride that Pakistan Navy besides, performing the sacred duty of defending the maritime frontiers of the motherland was also spearheading in the field of education and health.
The admiral mentioned that the Pakistan Navy Educational Trust was established with an aim to provide modern educational facilities to children of underprivileged areas in collaboration with those who were passionate about the betterment of education in Pakistan.“It is heartening to mention that since its inception, Pakistan Navy Educational Trust is fulfilling its objectives in a befitting manner”, he added.
Parents were unable to send their children to schools due to the absence of quality educational institutions at areas like Younusabad, he added.
“The dearth of quality educational facilities necessitated Pakistan Navy to establish a school here and I am pleased to mention that the Sindh government has also extended all out support for the completion of this project, for which I am extremely thankful to the chief minister and education minister”, he remarked.
Earlier, Commander Karachi Rear Admiral Farrokh Ahmed presented a brief overview of the modern educational facilities at the newly constructed Bahria Model School.
Later, the Naval chief and other dignitaries, including Sindh Food and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Nisar Khoro visited the newly built school building.
He also inaugurated the Pakistan Navy Educational Trust website.
The first academic session of the school will start next week which will accommodate almost 800 students from primary level to Matric; the strength will be increased up to 1500 by mid of this year.
The school will be gradually upgraded to the level of intermediate college and will offer quality education to more than 7,500 students especially children of Younusabad, Kaka Pir and other villages in close proximity. The School will also be equipped with modern state of the art science laboratories including computer labs.
The construction of the school building started last year for which around 2.3 acres of land was provided by the navy.
The first phase of the school constitutes of four academic blocks including, pre-primary, primary, girls and boys wings.
