Education ‘tool to break poverty trap’

Human development commission contributing towards literacy, vocational training

ISLAMABAD: Education can help bring generations out of poverty trap by providing them earning skills said the head of the National Commission of Human Development (NCHD).

“Education is a dream which will aid our children to become skillful, capable and knowledgeable citizen of the country to earn a respectable and prosperous life in tomorrow's society,” NCHD Chair Razina Alam Khan said.

“Women education indispensable to achieve 90% literacy rate,” the ex-senator said addressing the senior management meeting of the commission.



Razina said the prime mandate of NCHD is to support government in achieving educational targets of Vision 2025 and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number four. The SDG-4 is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

The meeting was attended by NCHD senior management, educationists and experts of non-formal education.

She said the commission prioritises the mission and remains engaged in fostering community participation, developing management efficiencies along with generating public private partnerships.



Providing access to education to all the individuals, girls and boys is the fundamental right of every citizen of the country, she added. She said the education data reflects that there are more girls out of school than the boys,that is, 49% girls as compared to 40% boys while women population is 51% of the country.

“If we want to achieve 90% literacy rate in the country then we will have to focus education of girls,” she stressed.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 10^th, 2018.