Education: Forest college to be set up in Layyah
It will be the first forest college in Punjab and second in the country.
FAISALABAD:
The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) is setting up a Forest, Range Management and Wildlife College in Layyah.
The ground breaking ceremony on Thursday was presided over by Agriculture Minister Ahmad Ali Aulakh and UAF Vice Chancellor Iqrar Ahmad Khan.
The college is being built on 1,600 acres. It will be the first forest college in Punjab and second in the country (there is one in Peshawar).
Addressing the ceremony, Aulakh said that the Punjab government was making efforts to promote quality education. He said the Rs10 billion scholarships under the Punjab Education Endowment Fund and the distribution of laptops and solar lamps spoke volumes of his party’s commitment to education. He praised the UAF for taking steps to ensure quality education on all its campuses and outreach programmes. He said trained manpower equipped with latest agricultural tools would open up new avenue of progress for the country.
Dr Khan said that the forest area in Pakistan was less than 5 per cent compared to the international standards of 25 per cent at least.
He said that Pakistan was facing losses worth billion of rupees because of floods. He said Pakistan was rated as a ‘high risk’ country in the global rankings for Climate Change Vulnerability Index.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 16th, 2013.
The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) is setting up a Forest, Range Management and Wildlife College in Layyah.
The ground breaking ceremony on Thursday was presided over by Agriculture Minister Ahmad Ali Aulakh and UAF Vice Chancellor Iqrar Ahmad Khan.
The college is being built on 1,600 acres. It will be the first forest college in Punjab and second in the country (there is one in Peshawar).
Addressing the ceremony, Aulakh said that the Punjab government was making efforts to promote quality education. He said the Rs10 billion scholarships under the Punjab Education Endowment Fund and the distribution of laptops and solar lamps spoke volumes of his party’s commitment to education. He praised the UAF for taking steps to ensure quality education on all its campuses and outreach programmes. He said trained manpower equipped with latest agricultural tools would open up new avenue of progress for the country.
Dr Khan said that the forest area in Pakistan was less than 5 per cent compared to the international standards of 25 per cent at least.
He said that Pakistan was facing losses worth billion of rupees because of floods. He said Pakistan was rated as a ‘high risk’ country in the global rankings for Climate Change Vulnerability Index.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 16th, 2013.