July 24, 2002	Wednesday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 13,1423

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ISLAMABAD, July 23: Federal Minister for Sports and Youths Col S.K. Tressler (retired) on Tuesday emphasized the need for providing quality education to youths, on whom the country’s future depended.

He was speaking at an award-giving ceremony, arranged for the students who had secured high marks in the secondary school certificate examinations 2002, held under the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE).

The ceremony was organized by the Institute of Advanced Technologies (IAT). Gold medals, shields and certificates were distributed among 40 students who had secured 90 per cent marks in the matriculation examinations.

Certificates were also awarded to those educational institutions, where the students, according to the FBISE, showed high-grade point average in the examination.

In the science group, gold medals were presented to Mohammad Umair Khan, who secured 787 marks; Marium Jan Bangash, 786; Saad Zaheer, 785; Sidra Zaka, 783; Sania Shaukat, 777.

Similarly, gold medals in the general group were given to Zonish Inayat, Safoora Ali and Shafaq Janjua for securing 725, 705 and 696 marks, respectively.

Talking about the talent in young generation, the minister said: “Our youths possess great potential and are no less capable than the students of developed countries.” “I am confident that the young generation is preparing to meet the challenges of the future by equipping itself with modern and scientific knowledge and technologies to lead the nation,” he observed.

He said the government had initiated different programmes to prepare the nation in the field of science and technology. He appreciated the idea of encouraging young students who had excelled in their studies. He said the trend would motivate other students to work hard and produce excellent results. The minister said the government alone could not reduce illiteracy, therefore the private sector should come forward and help increase the literacy rate in country.

The FBISE chairman, Dr Shami, speaking on occasion, asked the students to excel in all the fields like Dr Qadeer Khan and Dr Samar Mubarakmand in the nuclear sciences.