http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/President-attends-BISP-event-17-10-16.flv<\/a><\/video><\/div>\nISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday said the nation\u2019s progress was linked with education and stressed close collaboration among federal and provincial governments to jointly achieve the national goal of literacy.
\nAddressing at a symposium on Achievements of Waseela-e-Taleem Project under Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), the President said those nations, laying greater emphasis on education, gain remarkable achievements in all fields of development.
\nThe President termed access to education as one of the basic rights for all citizens besides food, medical treatment and shelter.
\nHe said being head of the State, his priority areas were
\neducation, health and fight against corruption.
\nHe said Pakistan was braving the challenges of terrorism and
\nextremism with the resilience of its nation, armed forces and law enforcement agencies.
\nTo eliminate the menace of terrorism, it is necessary to
\neducate, particularly the youth living under poverty line, he said.
\nMamnoon Hussain mentioned that national education curriculum was being reviewed and would be completed by next year in consultation with all provinces.
\nHe expressed satisfaction that BISP had enrolled to schools
\n1.3 million children belonging to underprivileged class and lauded the contribution of its Chairperson Marvi Memon.
\nHe said the programme, which was particularly focusing on the enrollment and education of girls, was appreciable.
\nHowever, he said, mere enrollment was not enough and it was important to ensure provision of quality education to enable the children of poor class become future\u2019s scientists and intellectuals.
\nThe President lauded the role of international donors
\nespecially Department for International Development (DFID) and World Bank for providing assistance to the Waseela-e-Taleem programme, that aimed at providing education to poor children.
\nAbout China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the President said the mega project was a guarantee to prosperity and development in the country.
\nHe emphasized the need to equip young generation with quality education and ensure capacity-building of teachers to help them maximum reap the benefits of this project.
\nState Minister for Education Engineer Balighur Rehman said
\nwith the government\u2019s efforts, the drop-out rate in schools had largely decreased. He said the government was focusing on the society a knowledge-based economy.
\nMarvi Memon said the Waseela-e-Taleem project had been
\nexpanded from five to 32 districts in the country.
\nShe offered the provinces to utilize the services of 50,000
\nBISP Beneficiary Committees across the country in various projects.
\nShe said the new survey of BISP would be completed before 2018 and mentioned that payment mechanism was being shifted to bio-metric system.
\nEducation ministers \u2013 Abdur Rahim (Balochistan), Atif Khan
\n(Khyber Pukhtunkhwa), Iftikhar Ali Gilani (Azad Kashmir) and Muhammad Ibrahim (Gilgit Baltistan), country representatives of DFID and World Bank also spoke on the occasion.
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