Education: Public and private sectors must deliver quality, says Majeed

AJK PM said his government was determined to ensure the dispensation of quality higher studies in various disciplines

MIRPUR:

AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed on Saturday called for the delivery of quality education, from primary to university level by private and public sector educational institutes. He was speaking as chief guest at the annual prize distribution ceremony of Kashmir Model College.

Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) Vice Chancellor Dr Habibur Rehman, College Principal Muhammad Nazir Chaudhry, and Education Director Shaheen Ashie also addressed the ceremony.

The ceremony was held to award shields and certificates of merit to outstanding academic and co-curricular performers from the previous school year. The Prime Minister paid rich tributes to founder of Kashmir Model College and Chaudhry Muhammad Yousaf, a former AJK education secretary.

“The long meritorious services of seasoned academician Chaudhry Yousaf during and after retirement would be written in golden letters in the academic history of Azad Jammu Kashmir, the AJK premier said. He continued that the youth of AJK are enriched with massive talent and potential.

He said the best engineers and other resourceful people could be produced from local talent by providing them better opportunities and facilities during the course of their studies.

He said that several reforms are required the administrative and educational sector through addressing the grievances of parents and students, and to ensure quality higher education in various disciplines.

The AJK prime minister said his government was determined to ensure the dispensation of quality higher studies in various disciplines.

He said that establishment of five universities and three medical colleges in the state during last five years were ample proof of the incumbent government’s resolve to extend quality higher education.

The Prime Minister also announced Rs1 million in scholarships for talented students of the college. 

Published in The Express Tribune, March 6^th, 2016.