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President Pervez Musharraf on Friday empahsied that students should not get involved in politics and that political parties should stay away from educational institutions. "Educational institutions should be free of politics," President Musharraf said in his speech at the concluding session of the 2-day Punjab Students Convention 2004 at Aiwan-e-Iqbal. President Musharraf praised Pervaiz Elahi's decision not to reorganise the Pakistan Muslim League's student wing in Punjab. "All political parties should emulate this and let students concentrate on their studies only," he said.
The president said that the education sector had fallen into a state of neglect in the past but his government gave education the highest priority so far. "The federal government allocated Rs 800 million only to education five years ago. This was too small a sum to benefit the education sector. Therefore we increased this sum to Rs 9.1 billion, registering a phenomenal 900 percent increase," he said. He said the previous government allocated Rs 180 million for science and education, while the present government had allocated a huge sum of Rs 6 billion to science and education. President Musharraf stressed that students should acquire technical education to prepare for modern challenges. He also stressed improving the quality of education by reinforcing faculties at educational institutions. President Musharraf said that he did not believe in westernising society but wanted to make Pakistan an enlightened, moderate and progressive welfare state as envisioned by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The president said Pakistan had its own culture and tradition and which must be promoted by relinquishing fanaticism. |