TOBA TEK SINGH, March 31: Elimination of history and geography from the syllabi of primary, middle and secondary schools has left today’s students with a blurred vision and understanding of these subjects, according to a founder of Government Islamia Secondary School.

The school, which was one of the biggest here, was nationalized by late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in the 1970s.

The institute’s founding society former Secretary-General Dr Naseer Ahmad, while talking to Dawn, said the syllabi introduced by the British rulers for school education was constructive and informative.

But after partition, he said the policy makers ‘destroyed’ the teaching system, and now our graduates had no knowledge of history and geography of their country. Not to speak of the world.

Until late 1950s, he said the class three students were taught geography of their district, class five students geography of province, class six students geography of the subcontinent and pupils of middle to matriculation were gradually taught the world geography.

Dr Ahmad also told this correspondent that he had proposed that the syllabi setters should only be selected from retired educationists, including primary, middle and high school teachers.

He regretted that the ‘so-called’ experts had made a mockery of education.

Teh bazaari fee: The Punjab government, accepting the demand of local shopkeepers, has decreased the Teh bazaari fee.

This was stated by provincial forest and fisheries minister Dr Ashfaqur Rahman while talking to Nazims, Naib Nazims and councillors of city union councils here on Monday.

He said the chief minister had issued instructions in this regard to both the revenue and finance departments.

He said the tehsil headquarters hospital would start functioning at its old building this week.

He said all ministers had been asked by the chief minister to supervise wheat procurement to check irregularities of food officials.