UNESCO to advocate free education for children

Seminar held to stress implementation of Article-25A۔

HYDERABAD: A seminar on ‘Right to Free Education and Health and Safety Standards in schools’ was organised by the education and literacy department of Sindh in collaboration with UNESCO, in Hyderabad. Speaking at the seminar, the UNESCO director, Dr Kozue Kay Nagata, said that UNESCO had already assisted the Senate and the Capital Development Authority, which had recently passed the bill on free and compulsory education, in Islamabad. 

“Children from the ages of five to 16 must be provided free education and this has been exemplified best by Article 25 of the 18th Amendment of the Pakistan constitution of Pakistan”, said Nagata.

It was recommended that school health and safety measures should be firmly adopted as an important impetus for Education for All, which would attract more students in schools and result in the successful completion of their education.

The Sindh education minister, Pir Mazharul Haq appreciated the efforts of UNESCO for advocating free education and raising awareness on healthy and safety in schools in Sindh. Over 300 participants participated in the seminar.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 19^th, 2012.