‘Institutions play crucial role in education’

LAHORE:

Punjab Minister for Housing and Urban Development Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed said on Monday that students’ training and grooming was crucial for social development and educational institutions played a vital role in this regard. He was addressing a ceremony after inaugurating a new branch of a group of educational institutions in Rachna Block of Allama Iqbal Town. He further said that the secret of developed countries progress and development lied in good training and grooming of their students. He added, “Pakistan could also make progress by fulfilling academic needs of students and providing them with good training according to needs of the modern age.” The provincial minister remarked that the group was fulfilling the academic needs of students and grooming their personalities. Speaking on the occasion, the group’s Chairman Abdul Mannan Khurram said that unique schools and colleges not only provided the best academic education but also made special arrangements for training and grooming of students. “A number of co-curricular and extracurricular activities were made available to students during the academic year,” he added. A large number of faculty members, students, parents and the staff attended the ceremony.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 22^nd, 2020.