Education Instrumental for Community Cohesion: Wajid

 

Education can play an instrumental role in forging  greater  community  cohesion  by creating better  understanding between  the  communities in a multi cultural  country like  UK and there  was a need to encourage  institutions  that  could serve as  a role  model for  promotion of  higher  education  among  various communities .  High Commissioner  for Pakistan to the UK  Mr. Wajid  Shamsul  Hasan expressed these  views on the  occasion of  graduation ceremony of   London College of  Business, Management and Information  Technology  (LCBMIT)  here , today.

 

The High Commissioner said Pakistan is facing  various challenges  as  it is fighting war  against terrorism  for the  last  thirty  years and  assistance  from international  community  as well as  Pakistani Diaspora  would be of  great  value in improving the  quality  of education in  Pakistan. He said  that  in Pakistan  education  sector  needs  attention and improvement adding   that  educated  Pakistanis  can also  help in  removing  misperceptions  about  Pakistan. Referring  to Wali Muhammad  Trust  Scholarships  the  High Commissioner  informed  that  the recipients  of this scholarship are  Ph.D students  in  hard  sciences  and most  of them were engaged  in extra ordinary  fields of  research.

 

Awards  were  also  given to  teachers , students and  community  leaders  for their  outstanding  performances  in the relevant  fields.  Special  Award for  community  engagement was given to  Mr. Ahsan Pasha. The principal of the  College Mr. Toaha Qureshi and  other  speakers  emphasized  significance of  education  for   integration of  communities  and checking  extremism and  terrorism .

 

 

July 15, 2010

 

 

Last updated: 16 July 2010