PR No. 35 Islamabad: June 03, 2016

President Mamnoon Hussain has said that those nations excel in the world which value their traditions and never compromise their national identity adding women share more responsibilities in this regard.

The President said this while addressing the 31st annual awards distribution ceremony-2015 of Federal Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad on Friday.

Minister of State for Professional and Technical Training Engineer Baligh-Ur-Rehman and others also addressed the ceremony.

The President stated that character building should be accorded equal importance like imparting education and it should be made an integral part of education which would produce positive results and our youth would not become despondent and never let go of hope and become national strength by adopting positive mindset.

The President noted with appreciation that Federal Education Board was focusing on capacity building and training of teachers which he hoped would improve the standard of teaching. The President asked Minister of State for Professional and Technical Training to quickly complete his work for reconstitution of the curriculum to meet the modern requirements and make the new generation aware of its history.

President Mamnoon further said that those nations progress in the world which are politically and economically strong therefore our youth should always be ready so that the nation is not dependent on others in different fields of life and take up the responsibilities whenever the need arises.

The President underlined that women should be included in national workforce to achieve real national progress and called upon female students to acquire higher education and do not let any hurdle come in their way.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State for Professional and Technical Training Engineer Baligh-Ur-Rehman said that the government is taking steps to improve education sector and in this respect examination system is being further improved. He added that the government is initiating programmes for providing more stipends and loans to the students.

On the occasion, President Mamnoon also distributed certificates and medals amongst positions holders.

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