Quality education a major tool for development, upliftment of nations: Mirwaiz
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has termed quality education as the major tool for the development and upliftment of nations.
Addressing a function at Four Friends Public School Gili Kadal, Nowshehra, Mirwaiz urged the people of Kashmir to invest their resources on their children so that a better tomorrow is built.
He said that no nation in the world can progress and development unless it makes the imparting quality education to its children as its mission and aim.
At the function, scores of students, teachers and civil society activists and youth were present.
Mirwaiz said that Kashmiri children were full of talent and they can compete with other students at any level but the only thing is that their talent needs to be exploited in a better way.
He stressed that while imparting worldly knowledge to the children, moral and ethical values should be inculcated among the students and Islamic teaching should act as guiding principles and there should be no compromise on this front.
Mirwaiz said that when Kashmir is under the tight grip of illiteracy, darkness, poverty and atrocities on all sides around 120 years ago, the then Mirwaiz Alama Ghulam Rasool Shah laid the foundation of Islamia School and launched a large scale war against poverty and illiteracy in Kashmir.
He said today the whole valley was reaping the benefits of the step taken by late Mirwaiz Shah in the shape of educational institutions that have come up in every area of the region which is a welcome step.
Mirwaiz felicitated the patron, principal and entire teaching fraternity of the school and hailed the management’s decision of introducing better facilities and modern technology to impart education to the students admitted in the institution.
He also prayed for the progress of the institution and expressed his gratitude to the entire staff and students.
Earlier, Mirwaiz received a rousing reception at the school from students, school management and the local people.
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