Antidote to extremism is only education: Mushahid

Date : 07-07-2014

Islamabad—Antidote to extremism is only education and EU countries should focus more on quality education of Pakistan’s youth by increasing funding and other technical assistance to Pakistan.

This was stated by Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence while talking to head of the Department for Education and Policy Research Issues, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Dr Stefan Luther here.

He said that Germany had a well integrated education system with focus on research and development and industry.

It can help Pakistan in improving the quality of education, reconstruction and rehabilitation of infrastructure according to the present day requirements, he added.

He said Pakistan’s strength was its human resource and with proper education and training this resource could be better utilized for the socio economic development of the country.

Senator Abdul Nabi Bangash, Chairman of Senate Standing Committee on Education, Training and Standard in Higher Education gave an overview of present status of education system in Pakistan.

He said the international community could help Pakistan in its fight against terrorism by investing in the education sector.

Terrorism could be stopped only through education by killing the mindset that provides breeding ground to extremism.

Just spend 10 percent of what is being spent on wars in Afghanistan and other regions of the world and it will make the difference, he added.