Governor for promotion of Urdu language, character building of students.

PESHAWAR -- Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shah Farman Wednesday emphasized upon heads and teachers of institutions of higher education to promote Urdu language besides working on character building of students as part of steps to provide quality education.

Addressing 7th Convocation of Islamia College Peshawar here as a chief guest, he said that Urdu is our national language and responsibility lies on institutions of higher education to promote Urdu and encourage students to use it as medium.

He termed character building of students as integral part of education and said that in his student age teachers were deemed as role model for students and they learnt more from teachers then books.

The Governor said that although the responsibilities of teachers have been doubled in present age...