Scientific education key to progress

STAFF REPORT LAHORE: Scientific education has emerged as the fundamental requirement to achieve the high goal of progress and Pakistan desperately needs to meet this target as it would put the country on the path of sustainability as well as economic turnaround.

“With our education system, giving special emphasis on the sciences, there is no doubt that we would be able to become a prosperous country in the shortest possible time,” remarked Vice Chairman Nazria-i-Pakistan Trust Prof Dr Rafiq Ahmad, while speaking at a seminar here last week.

He said that when funds for higher education are slashed, it is also science that stands to lose. But, while our higher education must focus on the various scientific disciplines, it is imperative that these subjects are also taught right from the primary education level, he suggested.

According to him, the present is the era of science and technology, and those countries which fail to adjust themselves to the rapidly changing scenario will be losers in every sense of the word.

“Under the circumstances, there is a dire need of a scientific revolution in Pakistan. The feats that we have achieved, like understanding the nuclear secret, have been possible because of science,” he commented.

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