Quaid’s Message

“You know that the impotence of education and the right type of education cannot be overemphasized. Under foreign rule for over a century, in the very nature of things,’ regret, sufficient attention has not been paid to the education of our people, and If we are to make any real, speedy and substantial progress, we must earnestly tackle this question and bring our educational policy and program on the lines suited to the genius of Ourpeople, consonant with our history and culture, and having regard to the modern conditions and vast developments that have taken place all over the world.

There is no doubt that the future of our State will and must greatly depend upon the type of education and the way in which we bring up our children as the future servants of Pakistan. Education does not merely mean academic education, and even that appears to be of a very poor type. What we have to do is to mobilize our people and build up the character of our future generation. There is immediate and urgent need for training our people in the scientific and technical education in order to build up future economic life, and we should see that our people undertake scientific commerce, trade and particularly, well planned industries. But do not forget that we have to compete with the world, which is moving very fast in this direction.

In short, we have to build up the character of our future generations which means highest sense of how, integrity, selfless service to the nation, and sense of responsibility, and we have to see that they are fully qualified or equipped to play their part in the various branches of economic life in a manner which will do honor to Pakistan.” — Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s message at the first National Education Conference, Karachi , 27 Nov-1, Dec 1947