KARACHI, Aug 1: Hundreds of students from government girls primary and lower secondary schools in Hawkesbay visited the mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah to pay homage to the Father of the Nation on Sunday morning.
While children of other schools were enjoying their holidays at recreational places, these students continued with their academic pursuits at the "Summer Education Camp" especially organized for them by the Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project office.
In an exemplary disciplined manner, the students accompanied by their teachers laid floral wreath at the Mazar and offered prayers with a pledge to spread the beacon of education and make the country prosperous and strong.
Additional Chief Secretary Ghulam Sarwar Khehro, Lyari Project Director Shafiqur Rehman Paracha and EDO Education Gul Mohammad Hajano were also present on the occasion. They praised the students for their continued academic pursuits and said that acquisition of knowledge by children of Lyari was a good omen.
On the occasion, gifts and letters of appreciation were also given to schoolchildren and their teachers. Addressing the gathering, Ghulam Sarwar Khehro said that it was delightful to note that in such a short span, these schools in the Hawksbay resettlement project had produced such a highly disciplined lot of students, adds APP.
The girls were later taken to a visit of Safari Park where they were served with lunch before returning to their newly developed abodes. Talking to reporters, Mr Khehro said that the government was fully conscious about promoting the cause of education.
He said that a number of donor-assisted projects were being implemented in Sindh and an amount of six billion rupees was being spent on schemes of upgradation of primary and middle schools.
He pointed out that Sindh government had made the highest allocation of Rs1.5 billion for education sector while major chunk of MPAs' fund of Rs1,400 million was also being spent on education, particularly on shelterless schools and construction of additional classrooms.
Sarwar Khehro said that under the Asian Development Bank's programme, four billion rupees were being spent in Thatta, Badin, Mirpurkhas and Sanghar.