Private entities urged to launch schools in merged districts

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Minister for Industries, Commerce, Technical Education and Tribal Affairs, Dr Aamer Abdullah, has appreciated the educational system and quality of Dar-e-Arqam Schools System Pakistan and Ghazali Education Trust.

He was speaking during a meeting with the directors of the nationwide network of Dar-e-Arqam Schools Pakistan and addressed their national convention at Abbottabad.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dar-e-Arqam Schools Pakistan Syed Waqas Jafferi, Directors Dr Ishtiaq Gondal, Aamir Cheema, Dr Muddasir, Regional Director Mohammad Haroon, Chairman Ghazali Education Trust Pakistan Aamir Mahmood Jafferi and the heads of the school also attended the convention.

The minister invited the institutions of the private sector to establish their schools in the newly merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa so the people of these underdeveloped areas could receive quality education opportunities.

In his address to the convention, the caretaker minister emphasised on strict adherence to traditions and high moral character to move forward in education and practical life. He said that the education system of Dar al-Arqam Schools and Ghazali Trust had been extended to the newly merged districts of the province. The caretaker minister assured these institutions of all possible support on behalf of the provincial government.

The chief executive of Ghazali Education Trust and chairman of Dar-e-Arqam Schools assured to expand the network of their schools to the tribal districts on the proposal of the minister and for further discussion, they invited him to visit the schools in Lahore.

At present, there are more than 700 educational institutions of the Dar-e-Arqam Schools system in the whole country in which about 0.3 million students are studying.