ISLAMABAD: President Pakistan Muslim League and Chairman Senate
Foreign Relations Committee Senator Salim Saifullah Khan participated
as a Chief Guest on the occasion of “Best University Teacher Award
Ceremony 2010 organized by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
Salim
Saifullah Khan has said that HEC has carried out considerable efforts
for the improvement in quality of higher education and that is why two
universities of Pakistan are now ranked among the top Technology
Universities of the World as per QS World Universities Rankings 2010.
Chairperson HEC Dr. Javed Laghari and Executive Director Dr. Suhail
Naqvi were also present on the occasion.
The Chairman while
addressing has announced 2000 Kanals free of cost land for the
construction of any kind of University in District Lakki Marwat. He has
highlighted that, “I have already donated free of cost land for the
construction of Lakki Cadet College however, the construction work on
it is yet to be started. He has said that Pakistan is far behind in
education as compared to its neighboring countries like China, Sari
Lanka, India and Philippine. He has said that 10000 Philippines work in
foreign countries and remitting more that 20 Billion Dollars per year.
He
has said that Government of Pakistan is not investing in the field of
education and the level of education is coming down. He has told that
the 60 to 70 percent of our population is comprised of youth from 18 to
25 years of age, but the government is not taking steps to take benefit
from the talent of youth. He while citing his personal visit to UK has
said that, “I met with the UK Minister for Middle East and South Asian
Affairs Alistair Burt and other UK Ministers last week who promised 50
Million pounds for assisting in uplifting of primary and high education
in Pakistan.
He has further told that knowledge is the most
precious asset of a person which can not be stolen and nor it is lost.
He has said that the new world order requires us to prepare our
children to face the challenges of the global economy. He said that
this involves a substantially different type of education to be
imparted, focused not only on the mastery of subject matters but also
on the ability to think critically, innovate, communicate, work
effectively in teams, and develop entrepreneurship opportunities and
flexibility. He said that while investment towards development of high
level science and technology manpower is necessary to meet the critical
shortage of teachers and researchers, investment in skill development
at technical education and management levels and provision of quality
education to the majority of our population is equally important.
He
said that, “I dream of seeing Pakistan at the forefront of frontier
technologies. He has said that the Pakistan’s talented youth has the
potential to use these opportunities so that Pakistan can transition
from an agricultural economy to a knowledge economy. He has appreciated
Ex-Chairperson Dr. Ataur Rehman for his valuable services for HEC and
also appreciated the services of existing Chairman Dr. Javed Laghari.
While
winding up his address he congratulated best university teachers and
hoped that they will continue work with the same spirit for the
development of Pakistan. Online
