President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday urged the society as well as the government to take effective measures for protection of the children from the negative impacts of changing conditions in this era of information technology. Addressing the concluding ceremony of two-day national conference on 'Early childhood care and education in Pakistan' organised by Allama Iqbal Open University, the president said since last few decades, Pakistan had been undergoing swift changes that had been accelerated by information technology and electronic inventions.
He expressed the need for taking steps to make the children benefit from the modern inventions. The conference was attended by Minister of State for National Health Services and Regulations Saira Afzal Tarar, Vice Chancellor AIOU Shahid Siddiqui, Additional Secretary Education Imran Ahmed, Chairman Rupani Foundation Nasruddin Rupani, besides educationists and researchers from across the country as well as abroad.
The president hoped that the recommendations formulated by the two-day event would provide a good foundation for the children's education besides assisting the government to formulate practical policies. He told the audience that the government was pondering over the issues of education and training to make the children a good citizen. He viewed that the conference was an important milestone to devise a co-ordinated strategy through the concerted efforts by government and non-governmental organisations.
President Mamnoon Hussain said the changes taking place across the world had also impacted the erstwhile strong family system in Pakistan increasing the parents' responsibility for children's education training in accordance with the changing trends.
He said the free flow of information had also impacted the children growth in Pakistan and the social class system had also begotten various problems. Therefore, he said it was essential to develop a mechanism to create a suitable atmosphere for the children education from home till matriculation in a positive manner.
The president also called for a broad system to provide a level playing field to the children from all sections of society and warned for complicated issues if the society was not purged of class-based social structure. He lauded the services of State Minister Saira Afzal Tarar, Minister of State for Education and Training Balighur Rehman and expressed the pleasure that the reformation of educational curriculum from class one to 10 would be finalised by this year end.
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