Honouring teachers: ‘Aim high for good results’

Lahore Garrison Education System chairman says education forms the edifice of a healthy social order

LAHORE:

Education inculcates reform, refinement and a civilised behaviour in mankind and forms the edifice of a healthy social order, Lahore Garrison Education System chairman Major General (r) Liaqat Ali said on Friday.

He was speaking at a ceremony to honour teachers of Army Public Schools and Colleges. Ali said the country’s future rested with the youth.

He stressed the need for a healthy academic environment with major focus on character building.

Ali said that discipline played a vital role in the making of a nation.

“There is an urgent need that we develop into a strong, tolerant and progressive social order,” he said.

He said that Pakistan Army, apart from defending the national frontiers, had been contributing to promote quality education across the country.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 15^th, 2014.