KOHAT:Commissioner Kohat Division Syed Motasim Billah Shah has in light of the directions of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Ali Amin Gandapur and Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah organized a magnificent Divisional Educational Conference in honor of the position holders, children and their teachers of all five districts of Kohat Division including Kohat, Hangu, Karak, Orakzai and Kurram at Kohat University of Science and Technology on Saturday.
The main objective of the conference was to ensure the best environment for quality education, as well as to inspire positive, lively and meaningful competitions among children and to attract out of school children to the schools.
The chief guest of the ceremony was the Provincial Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Aftab Alam Advocate, while Shehryar Afridi MNA and Secretary Education Masood Ahmed were the guests of honor. The ceremony beside others, was attended by the members of the Provincial Assembly Shafi Jan, Daud Afridi and Shah Turab Bangash, Vice Chancellor KUST Syed Zafar Ilyas, Chairman BISE Kohat Imtiaz Ayub, Deputy Commissioners of the five districts, DEOs, education experts, civil society members and position holders, children, their parents and teachers in large numbers. On this occasion, position holders were awarded cash prizes and certificates.
Deputy Commissioner Kohat Abdul Akram on this occasion read out the messages of the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur and Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah and said that they appreciated the holding of Divisional Educational Conference and directed that the Deputy Commissioners of the respective districts should also organize such conferences so that the children are encouraged.
Commissioner Kohat Division presented the educational profile of the Kohat Division and highlighted the aims and objectives of the conference in detail.
Shehryar Afridi and Secretary Education termed the holding of the conference as a commendable initiative and stressed the need to continue the same in future also. They said that it would prove helpful and supportive in motivating children and promoting education.
Law Minister Aftab Alam Advocate in his address said that education and health are in the top most priorities of the PTI provincial government and we want our province to have an education system that is globally compatible. He said that his government does not believe in political interference in the education system, that is why our education system is moving towards improvement as compared to the past. He also urged the teachers to focus their attention on the education of children instead of posting and transferring because education is the only ladder to progress and prosperity and a respectable position in the comity of nations.
Aftab Alam said that the nations that have given priority to education are ruling the whole world and our past is a witness to this fact that when Muslim scholars and scientists were among the pioneers of medicine and science, Muslims were at the peak of their power. He while emphasizing on character building and confidence building of the children side by side the education, said that the provincial government wants a system of checks and balances in every field and wants such an environment in schools that children go to school themselves.
Later, the distinguished guests distributed cash prizes and certificates of appreciation among the position holders, boys and girls, and their teachers.
