The announcement of the Prime Minister to impose an educational emergency in the country

Web Desk: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while announcing the implementation of educational emergency across the country has said that the Supreme Leader had said that education is a matter of life and death for the nation.
Addressing the National Conference on Education in Islamabad, the Prime Minister said that no nation can develop without education, today a very important event is taking place here, not going to school is a big challenge for 26 million children in Pakistan.
He said that stunting is a big problem of Pakistan, financial resources are necessary for the promotion of education and it is also facing the problem but the biggest challenge is to have courage to achieve these goals.
The Prime Minister said that Pakistan is a nuclear country, we became a nuclear country despite external pressure, terrorism is a big challenge for the country, the nation has sacrificed 80 thousand lives in the war against terrorists, Pakistan has developed. Many opportunities have arisen to turn the path, the development of any nation is linked to education.
Shahbaz Sharif further said that we ended forced labor in Punjab from 2008 to 2018 and gave money for education to the parents of child labourers. Quality has been improved, everyone knows about Danish schools that poor children are getting education there.
The Prime Minister said that we have established vocational institutes in Punjab with the support of the British government. In 2008, the Education Endowment Fund was established in Punjab, which was the largest education fund in the region. There were children who did not have the means to go to school.
We used to allocate 2 million rupees every year in this fund and under this scholarship 4 lakh 50 thousand students were given, I as Chief Minister of Punjab arranged educational scholarships and uniforms for children.
He said that I am not doing this for scoring points, we will enroll 2.6 million children in schools, I declare an educational emergency in Pakistan, I will meet all the Chief Ministers, the role of education. Can’t be, industry can’t run without education.
Speaking at the event earlier, British High Commissioner Jane Marriott said that Pakistan is concerned about the large number of children out of school.
He said that we are concerned about the large number of children out of school in Pakistan, more children are out of school in Pakistan than other countries, policies should be made to promote education in Pakistan.
He said that the number of out-of-school children is increasing worldwide, we have to invest more in the education sector.