MNA highlights importance of uniformity in education system.

KARACHI -- Country currently exposed to class based stratification in terms of socio-economic well being of masses needs comprehensive approach for a uniform education system, said PTI's member of national assembly from Karachi, Aftab Hussain Siddiqui here on Saturday.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the day-long "Children Carnival and Inter-School Competition" organized by Green Crescent Trust (GCT) to mark its Silver Jubilee, he said both federal and provincial governments must join hands for the cause of uniformity in education system.

Siddiqui, also the Parliamentary Secretary for Aviation Division, said Prime Minister Imran Khan stand by to his commitment and the federal government is in process to introduce a uniform education system in the country.

This, he said is crucial to get rid of the present multiple academic systems for which all the provinces must rise above political difference and support the federal government in the endeavour.

MNA Aftab H Siddiqui said the PM Imran Khan is also focusing on academic facilities for students of the needy families and has only recently rolled out the largest ever need-based scholarship programme of the country.

"Some 200,000 students belonging to the low-income families would be provided scholarships in four years as 50,000 such scholarships would be given on annual basis," he said.

According to him once these students from needy families would complete their education, they would be given loans under yet another initiative of the present government "Kamyab Jawan

Scheme" to help them start their own businesses.

"Another major initiative of the present government is the introduction of mainstream education in the religious seminaries across the country," said the MNA belonging to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Chief Executive Officer of GCT, Zahid Saeed on the occasion urged the government to declare educational emergency in the country, with the support of provinces, so as to deal with issues

like out-of-school children.

"Although the subject of education had been devolved to...