President urges students to enhance their intellectual abilities.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday asked the students to enhance their intellectual abilities and play their role in the development of the country.

He said that it was essential to improve intellectual resources as well as IT knowledge and skills to help address the socio-economic challenges being faced by the country.

The president expressed these views while talking to the students and staff of the Cadet College, Jaffarabad, Balochistan, who called on him, at Aiwan-e-Sadr.

Highlighting the importance of education, the President stated that nations had achieved progress by focusing on science and education.

He regretted that 22 million children were out of school whereas the countries in the region had achieved almost 100 percent primary enrolment rate, adding that tangible and immediate steps needed to be taken to bring these children into schools.

He also underlined the need to equip the youth with skills and education to improve the economic health of the country.

The president said that Pakistan had great potential in terms of both its natural and human resources that needed to be fully harnessed for the uplift of the country.

He said that...

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