Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the following the footprints of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, PPP government was giving top priority to education sector and has increased 100 per cent annual budget of Education Department to have qualitative educational facilities to the poor people at their door steps.
Addressing the 7th Foundation Day of Sargodhian Spirit Trust Public School Rashidabad (SSTPSR), Tando Allahyar at its auditorium on Saturday, the Sindh Chief Minister said that though government was endeavouring more but the role of private sector in improvement in education can not be avoided. He said that it has been realised that academic targets, achieved by the private educational institutions have not attained by the public sector.
The Sindh Chief Minister said that it is now imperative for us to encourage the private sector along with institutions in public sector. He called upon the private sector to come forward and invest in education sector for having standard education facilities to the people of Sindh and assured that Sindh government would patronise such a standard educational institutions.
Qaim said that it was also matter of fact that we are living in such a society where feudal lords were main hurdle especially in girls education. He said that instead of that the PPP government has taken bold steps and was spending billions of rupees, only to provide incentives to the girls' students. He said that the most important factor of any educational institution was its teaching faculty and those having qualitative teaching faculty can produce talented youth force.
He said that secret of success behind the private educational institutions was talented teaching faculty and its spirit for the cause. Lauding the services rendered by Sargodhian Spirit Trust for promotion of education and especially establishing a standard educational institution at backward areas like Tando Allahyar, the Sindh Chief Minister said that it was great service of the nation.
He said that his government has always encouraged to the institutions, who are contributing to people of Sindh or nation in positive sense like SSTPSR. He said that instead of financial crunch, due to natural disasters in 2010 and 2011 in the shape of flash flood and heavy rains respectively, by which we had looked after millions of people with spending of rupees in billion, we feel pleasure to provide grant of Rs 25 million for future development of SSTPSR and added that such type of support will continue in future as well.
The Sindh Chief Minister also presented the shields, medals and certificates to the students and members of teaching faculty on account of their best performance. Earlier, the Principal Sargodian Spirit Trust Public School Rashidabad Abdul Mujeeb while giving welcome address said that the SSTPSR was striving hard to provide quality education and 99 per cent result of its students in last four academic years was a proof of its good performance. Besides student of the school Mohammad Hasil had got only medal for Sindh in National Games last year.
The Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah gave away the Academic Trophy 2011 to Gulzar Hussain and the Trophy to Mohammad Hasil for getting Silver Middle in National Games while house of the year Falcon Trophy were giving to Bhittai House. He also gave away the Medals and Certificates to the teachers for their best performance.