Federal
Minister for Education and Professional Training Engr. Muhammad Baligh Ur
Rehman has said that first National Training Centre for Literacy and non-formal
education (NFE) will be established soon.
The Federal Minister was addressing as
Chief Guest symposium on “Literacy in Pakistan: Challenges of Digital World”
jointly organized by National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) and JICA
here on Friday.
He noted that education is absolutely
important for any nation to move forward and flourish.
He said that promotion of literacy in
the country is the priority of the government as presently we have become able
to allocate more budget for education sector.
We are determined to make National
Training Centre for Literacy and NFE a finest centre, he said.
Baligh Ur Rehman noted that the there
was great improvement regarding reduction in out of schools children in the
country.
Our net enrolment has been gone up
from 68pc to 78pc, he added.
He said that provincial governments
were also giving much more attention to education.
The Federal Minister said that
Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) stands number one regarding improvement in
reduction of out of schools children as there is 55pc improvement regarding
reduction in out of school children, 23pc in Punjab, 9pc in AJK and KP while
improvement regarding reduction in out of schools children in Sindh is less.
It is our national duty to promote
education as any single child if left without education anywhere will be a
national loss, he said.
He said that Pakistan is very active
for creating awareness regarding sustainable development goals (SDGs). We will
achieve SDGs target by 2030, he said.
The Federal Minister reaffirmed his
support to NCHD for the cause of education and literacy in the country.
He also congratulated NCHD and JICA
for organizing this important event on the occasion of World Literacy Day and
hoped that event would contribute in raising public awareness for the cause of
literacy and basic education.
