ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday expressed the government’s desire to work together with the UK to promote higher education and improve the quality of education in Pakistan.
He expressed his desire during a meeting with the delegation of representatives from leading British universities at the PM House, Islamabad.
The prime minister welcomed the delegation and stressed the importance of promoting quality education, stating that it was the top priority of the government.
He expressed his commitment to ensuring that every child in Pakistan had access to education and said that the federal government was working with the provincial governments to achieve that goal.
The PM said that as Punjab chief minister he had established the Education Endowment Fund in the province, and a similar initiative would also be taken at the federal level.
He said the government was taking measures on an emergency basis for the development of the education sector in the country.
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