Dr. Zahid Nawaz Khan

In today’s world of science and technology, our country direly needs skilled and committed professionals who could make it one of the developed nations in the world. History is witness to the fact that nations have attained high levels of prosperity and technological advancements only on the basis of education. But unfortunately our current educational scenario does not focus on the true fundamentals of knowledge and character building. As a result, we are suffering from the lack of professionalism and high ethical values. Too much focus on rote learning and paper oriented manifestations are leading us towards an intellectual dark age where material values are fast replacing academic excellence and character building. Perhaps we, as a nation, have forgotten that “Education is the movement from darkness to light”. So the need of the hour is to promote quality education by focusing on the fundamentals of knowledge and character. Here, we are …