Zubair Qureshi
President Dr Arif Alvi has emphasized the need for increasing the number of students in educational institutions and imparting contemporary education, including computer literacy, to the students of Madaris (religious seminaries).
He expressed these views while talking to Chairman National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), Col (R) Dr Amirullah Marwat, who presented him the Annual Report of the National Commission for Human Development, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, Tuesday.
The president said that education was a major component of the human and socio-economic development of a country.
The NCHD Chairman apprised the president that the commission was improving access to primary education, imparting literacy skills and fostering community participation, besides developing management efficiencies.
