“AHSAN IQBAL PLEDGES TO BRING KNOWLEDGE BASED REVOLUTION IN THE COUNTRY.ANNOUNCES TO BRING PERFORMANCE BASED PACKAGE FOR FTEACHERS”

Chaudhry Ahsan Premee

Islamabad

Federal Minister for Education, Professor Ahsan Iqbal has stressed the need to bring a knowledge-based revolution in Pakistan. “We all need to work hard as the prosperity of our coming generation is strongly linked to a sound and result oriented educational system. The Minister expressed these views while addressing a big gathering of officers and lower staff of the Ministry of Education. The Minister said on this occasion that assumption of the Office of Education Minister was his own choice and it happened for the first time in the history of Pakistan that a politician has willingly joined the Education Ministry. Mr. Ahsan Iqbal said that “At least I have accepted this challenge and now it is the duty of every individual of Education Ministry to come and join this challenge of giving a prosperous Pakistan to our future generations. Minister for Education said that the previous Government has deliberately ruined the educational system in last eight years.
Mr. Ahsan said that the previous rulers had spent millions of rupees on false and self-centered advertisement campaigns. He expressed his commitment that these mistakes will not be repeated as we believe in practical work. He further said that solution to our educational problem lies in implementation and not merely in lip service. Mr. Iqbal lamented that despite tall claims by the previous government we are still ranked 135th in the Human Development Index.” This is really a shameful picture for us all and we need to unite all our e3fforts to safeguard the future of our generation. The education Minister said that we have a lifetime opportunity to change unfulfilled dreams of the past 60 years in to a reality. Mr. Ahsan Iqbal said that presently the public sector education is not a success story as our schools lacking training facilities and quality education. There is not only dearth of physical facilities but also the quality teachers are missing. He specially said our girls’ schools present a deserted look as there dis precise dearth of resources. There are even thousands of villages’ where no girls’ high school exists as well. Minister for Education Ahsan Iqbal said that keeping aside the past we have to strive for a better future. He said that after the formation of new Provincial Governments a central consensus based Educational Policy will be adopted and the Policy will be given protection for 10 years so that the consequent governments cannot change it. He said that we have to transform our education system into a market driven educational system which should also recognize the socio-economic needs of our country.
Mr. Ahsan Iqbal said that Smart Schools System will be introduced where all learning will revolve round the computer. Mr. Ahsan Iqbal asked the Ministry of Education to work really hard to get the dram of Universal Primary Education being fulfilled in two years.
The Minister further said that the teachers will be provided a performance based career growth package. He said that it is a sorry state of affairs that the teachers are working without a sound career planning policy. Mr. Ahsan said that teachers’ promotion will be ste3a lined and the honest and dedicated teachers will be promoted well in time. This new policy will be initiated from Islamabad and it shall be expanded up to the Provinces.
Mr. Ahsan Iqbal also said that Ministry of Education shall start a programme named “Officer of the Month” ad employee of the Month”. The selected individual under this scheme will be notified and awarded accordingly. Mr. Ahsan Iqbal said that he has an idea of introducing total quality system “to be introduced in the Ministry of Education”. Speaking regarding the uplift and betterment of the Ministry he said all employees are encouraged to come forward with workable suggestions, regarding improvement in our Education System”.