The educationists expressed their views that Education Leadership is vital for best planning to achieve the educational goal for national development and to laid the foundation of educational system based on modern standards and to meet the demands of international market.
They stated this in a seminar title “Educational Leadership and Sustainability” organized by the University of Education on Thursday here in Lahore. On this occasion, President UE Toastmasters Dr. Humaira Irfan gave a briefing to the participants regarding Toastmasters and objectives of the said seminar.
Addressing the seminar, Vice-Chancellor Dr. Talat Naseer Pasha said that no country or society can develop without the promotion of education and the most important thing for the promotion of education is its best planning, under which the goals and objectives of education should be decided and headed in this direction under the educational leadership.
He said that education is not only the name of teaching, but it gives a person the consciousness of living life and creates a sense of the goals and duties of life, through education a nation can pass on its cultural, mental and intellectual heritage to future generations.
While addressing the seminar chief guest Dr. Asif Raza said that education is the foundation on which the building of any country or nation is built. And to make education a strong foundation, we need qualified educational leadership.
The Chair of Education for Sustainable Development UNESCO and Professor of York University Canada Dr. Charles Hopkins, also expressed his view on the role of educational leadership in the management of educational development.
Former VC Sargodha University Dr. Riaz ul Haq Tariq and former VC University of Education Dr. Munawar Sultana Mirza also expressed their views on leadership building in education sector of Pakistan.
