Need to improve quality of teaching in best interest of country: President

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – President Dr Arif Alvi has said that there is need to improve the quality of teaching in the best interest of the country and for development of human resource as well on Monday. Addressing the twenty-second sustainable development conference organized by Sustainable Development Policy Institute, the president said Fourth Industrial Revolution has potential to influence our minds in a unique manner. He also stressed the need for educating the human resource in an efficient manner to drive the engine of artificial intelligence for achieving the goals of fast-paced development. “We need to improve the quality of teaching in the best interest of the country and for development of human resource as well,” he added. “There is a gap between the requirement of market and what we are producing that needs to be bridged in the education sector by imparting the relevant skills to the students,” Dr Arif Alvi maintained. On the occasion, Special Assistant on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar said the most important wealth of the country is development of its human resource. The special assistant said the world is shifting in terms of development and the government's Ehsaas Program resonates with the spirit of sustainable development goals framework. She said it is the ambitious program of development initiated by the government. She further said that industrial revolution has increased the demand of skilled human resource.