TAXILA: President Dr Arif Alvi emphasising promotion of analytical thinking, said that highly competitive world necessitated Pakistan to enhance access to education and enrollment in schools.

Addressing first convocation of HITEC Institute of Medical Sciences he said Pakistan was faced with crisis of 27 million out school children. He said comparatively, ratio of children’s school enrollment in India and Bangladesh stood at 98-100 percent. He told gathering that through dedicated focus on education and health sectors, Pakistan could excel within eight years, citing case study of China.

President who earlier distributed medals and degrees among graduates of medicine and dentistry, said country could not afford women giving up career after getting higher education and called it “tremendous wastage”.

However, he said it was incumbent upon state to provide women a safe working atmosphere as institutions like Federal Mohtasib were already functioning for purpose. He said in Pakistan, only nine percent youngsters enroll for higher education which needed to be increased by introducing modern education tools like online education.

Citing nine percent prevalence of hepatitis and 40 percent stunting, President said country direly needed workforce to cope with challenge. He urged new graduates to focus more on preventive care as Pakistan could not afford curative treatment. Pakistan has already achieved remarkable success during Covid endemic by promoting preventive methods, he recalled.

Calling it beautiful culture of Pakistan, President Alvi advised youngsters to always remain thankful to their teachers and patents for their efforts to brighten their future.

He predicted that within span of ten years, AI would enable display of human thought within no time as tremendous knowledge already existed in cloud technology. He advised new graduates to never let greed overpower their humanity and that they should always be compassionate to their patients in accordance with Islamic as well as cultural values.

Earlier, Principal of HITEC Institute of Medical Sciences Professor Major General (retd) Hamid Shafiq congratulated students and their parents over graduation.

Published in The Daily National Courier, May, 25 2023

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