Promote research, IG urges universities

Tells students it is moral obligation to use govt-grant laptops for education

DI KHAN: There is a strong need for promoting research-based education so as to help people think for themselves, rather than passing exams by rote method, said Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police Salahuddin Khan Mehsud said on Saturday.

“Students should not set restrictive or limited goals to merely obtaining MPhil or PhD degree, rather education is meant to pay back to our society and country,” the IG observed while addressing a laptop distribution ceremony at Gomal University.

He said that role of law enforcement agencies could not be overlooked in promoting education by rendering sacrifices to ensure peaceful atmosphere for students to get education which was a need of the hour to keep pace with the modern world and successfully face challenges.

The top cop of the province said nations that invested in education of young lot had architected their bright future. Mehsud said that while the government was facilitating the students by distributing laptops, it was the moral obligation of the beneficiaries to use the sets for research and studies.

Regarding influx of people promoting militancy on the campuses, he underlined the need for making collective efforts to defeat negative forces which were out to spoil the country’s youth by depriving them of education.

He said though government was making all-out efforts to provide financial and material resources to students, but it was also necessary for educational institutions to provide environment conducive for learning at their campuses.

Vice Chancellor Gomal University Professor Dr Muhammad Sarwar VC said the Gomal University was a precious asset for the particular area and its students were serving the country through their contributions in socio-economic development process.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 12^th, 2017.