Only 10 percent youths make it to higher education institutions in Pakistan: SU VC

HYDERABAD: Youth, in spite of bewildering rise in science and technology in the world, still remain far short of academic limelight, especially in Pakistan where only ten percent of them become able to make it to varsities for higher education. Women in the country despite all global reforms still stay at a far lower social rung and need immediate elevation and empowerment.

This said Vice Chancellor, University of Sindh, Jamshoro Prof Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat in his presidential address at the fifth episode of two-week-long online youth orientation sessions being organized at various SU campuses by SU Pakistan Study Centre under the umbrella theme of "Together, we are for Pakistan. Today's session was meant for the students of Sindh University Mirpur Khas Campus".

Dr Burfat said youth in the country needed to imbibe virtues like tolerance, fellow-feeling, sacrifice, devotion, honesty and competence to turn Pakistan into an ideal state. The vice chancellor felicitated SU-PSC led by its efficient Director Prof Dr Shuja Ahmed Mahesar upon continuing success of youth orientation webinars.

Urooj Saqib, Executive Member, Dukhtaran-e-Pakistan Project of Peace Global said increased female visibility in service sector had become an undeniable fact, adding that women were voraciously contributing to the country's development in hundred thousand forms. Jennifer Jag Jivan, Director, Christian Study Centre observed that there was greater need for cultural harmony in society.