Eminent British educationist and founder principal of British School of Etiquette London Philip Skyes called on VC SU Professor Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat at his camp office Sunday. Philip was flanked by his partner for Pakistan Dr Sadia Javed Rajput, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), British School of Etiquette Pakistan.
This essentially London-based school is global in its operations, as it has its fully functional and active offshoots in Japan, Hong Kong, South Africa, Brussels, China, Mexico and Brazil.
This visit of the British and Pakistani education promoters had its pinned-down spotlight on discussing with SU vice chancellor the prospects of roping in rural youth of Sindh in the etiquette training tier; as they were thought, said and virtually happened to be the ones who hardly ever had the opportunities to groom their personalities and hone their skills to make themselves more marketable.
Dr Burfat, in his remarks on the occasion said, "As part of my various sociological researches, I have been to almost all far-flung, opportunity- starved and marginalised districts of Sindh. Every time I have been there, I have found unbelievably talented male and female students with extraordinary intelligence and creative flair, but, at the same time, I have also seen massive skill and mannerism deficit in them. And this is exactly where we need to focus."
Welcoming the offer of British School of Etiquette London and Pakistan team, the vice chancellor said shortly the two sides would again meet to negotiate and finalise the terms of reference of the prospective BSE-SU collaboration in the given context.
BSE- London founder principal Philip Skyes said he was enormously passionate about and keen on bringing the etiquette training aspect opportunity to SU students with rural bearings as they were the ones who needed and deserved it most.
Dr Sadia Javed thanked Dr Burfat for his sincere positive response to the offer made and observed that life skills like communication, personality power, attitude management, time budgeting, stress management, emotional stability, teamwork talent and coping with various fears including the fear of failure assumed increased importance in the increasingly competitive world spectrum.
Later, the guests visited Institute of Sindhology museum, NCEAC post-graduate hostel and other prominent campus locations, interacting endearingly with students casually available on those sites. The team profusely eulogised the endeavours of vice chancellor Dr Burfat towards phenomenal SU development that they witnessed in person.