Laptop distribution: Literacy revolution needed: Channar

BAHAWALPUR: A literacy revolution is needed in the country, not political unrest, Cooperatives Minister Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar said on Thursday. He was addressing students at a ceremony to distribute laptops at the Government Post Graduate College for Boys, Bahawalpur. Under the Chief Minister’s Laptop Scheme, 2,905 laptops have been distributed among students in Bahawalpur district in the first phase. “The government is trying to provide basic training in information technology to the youth and providing them education so that they can earn a decent livelihood,” he said, adding that it was impossible to prosper without education. “Our youth are our most valuable asset and represent our future. Teachers should pay their full attention to building their character and educating them,” he said. Channar said that the government attached great importance to education. “Laptops are a gift from the government to the brightest students,” he said. The minister said that the government was also sending bright students to study abroad. He said addressing problems of students was a priority of the government. He said no nation could prosper or progress without an educated and skilled workforce. He said he was confident that various government programmes for promotion of education would deliver results in a few months. He said the government was responsive to all the needs of the students.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 31^st, 2014.