Education sans moral values meaningless: President Alvi

Ethical values create humanity and respect in society

ISLAMABAD: Terming education without moral values as meaningless, President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday called upon the country's youth to adopt hard work and honesty as essential principles to make Pakistan prosperous.

The President was addressing 132 position-holders of intermediate examinations from 28 education boards from across the country, who visited the Aiwan-e-Sadr as participants of the 15th National Summer Camp.

The National Summer Camp was organised by Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC) under the auspices of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) to acknowledge the achievements of meritorious youth and provide them an opportunity to visit different state institutions.

President Alvi said education needed to be supplemented by ethical values to create an environment of humanity and respect in society.

The batch of students comprised 66 from Punjab's nine boards, 22 from Sindh's seven boards, 36 from Khyber Pukhtunkhwa's nine boards and five students from Balochistan's one board. The IBCC is an autonomous body having five regional offices - each in provincial capital and Bahawalpur for South Punjab - for facilitation of the students seeking educational qualification equivalence up to higher secondary level.

Art exhibition

First lady Samina Alvi on Wednesday said that scenic beauty of the country's northern areas must be preserved in its natural form through clean environment to attract more tourists in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

She was speaking at an inaugural ceremony of painting exhibition titled "My Land-My people", organized by Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) in collaboration with Special Communication Organisation (SCO). The exhibition featured 100 paintings and sketches by students of educational institutes from AJK and G-B.  

Published in The Express Tribune, July 25^th, 2019.