ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi Saturday sought the government’s special attention to provide education to the 27m out-of-school children through traditional and nontraditional methods.
He daid this during a meeting with Caretaker Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, Madad Ali Sindhi who called on him at the president house. President Alvi also stressed for promotion of quality education and professional training in the country. He said special arrangements should be made to provide education to the people living in remote areas of the country.
The president also proposed that online tools of education could also be used for the provision of education to people living in remote areas. He also suggested to utilize various platforms other than school buildings such as mosques to provide education to the people.
Highlighting the importance of education for special persons, the president stressed that special arrangements should also be made for them to give education along with the normal children.
With respect to the girls’ education, the president said the girls should be encouraged to continue their education in schools. He said the universities should equip their students with skills according to the market needs.
The president observed that number of people enrolled in universities for higher education in Pakistan is very less compared to other countries in the region. He said special measures should be taken to increase the number of people with higher education in the country.
He proposed the universities to provide higher education to more students via online education and adding that besides the 4-year programmes, the universities should also start 2-year degree programmes.
He said with the help of online and distance education programmes of Virtual University and Allama Iqbal Open University, the number of highly educated people can be increased. He also stressed the universities to focus on artificial intelligence, machine learning, cyber security and cloud computing.
