Message to The All-Pakistan Educational Conference
Reorientation of education
held in Karachi on 27th November, 1947
I am glad that the Pakistan Educational Conference is being held tomorrow
in Karachi. I welcome you all to the Capital of Pakistan and wish you every
success in your deliberations, which I sincerely hope will bear fruitful and
practical results.
You know that the importance of education and the right type of education
cannot be over-emphasized.
Under foreign rule for over a century, in the
very nature of things, I 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 our
people, 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 generations. 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. Also I must emphasize that greater attention
should be paid to technical and vocational education.
In short, we have to build up the character of our future generations which means highest sense of honor, 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.
