Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has emphasised the importance of providing quality education and technical training, highlighting the growing need for skills development, information technology, and digitalisation in modern educational systems.
He urged the country to align its education system with these modern requirements.
Chairing a key review meeting on the Federal Ministry of Education and Technical Training, Shehbaz stated that no nation can progress without a high-quality education system. He reiterated that delivering quality education and technical training is a top priority for the government.
The prime minister reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring that no child is left out of school. He noted that an educational emergency had been declared immediately after his administration took office, underlining the urgency of improving education in Pakistan.
Shehbaz Sharif also called for a national curriculum leadership conference to implement a uniform education system across the country.
Additionally, he directed authorities to accelerate the construction of Daanish Schools in underprivileged areas such as Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Balochistan. The prime minister ordered the establishment of day-care centres in all educational institutions in Islamabad for lady teachers and further instructed that e-libraries be set up in parks and recreational spots with free public access and internet. In efforts to increase girl student enrolment, Shehbaz Sharif proposed monthly stipends for girl students in rural areas of Islamabad and directed that technical training be incorporated into school curriculums.
He also stressed the need to provide free technical training to students who had dropped out of school and to launch awareness campaigns to encourage them to re-engage with education.
