Call to increase education budget.

HARIPUR -- The government should increase allocation for the education sector to at least seven per cent of the budget to achieve the target of maximum literacy rate in the country.

Tanzeem-i-Asateza Pakistan (TAP) central president Prof Dr Altaf Hussain Langriyal said this while talking to mediapersons at a local hotel here the other day. Amir Atiq Siddiqi, president of TAP's Haripur chapter, and other office-bearers were also present on the occasion.

Mr Langriyal said that the education sector in Pakistan had been neglected in the past and the meagre allocation for the sector, which was supposed to produce professionals in different fields, was a case in point of priorities of the governments.

He said that TAP was trying to build character of the students in line with the teachings of Islam.

Prof Langriyal said that a good teacher should know about the Islamic teachings, take good care of the self-respect of students and teach those academically poor in the class without seeking any monetary benefits.

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