Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood. Photo: PID/ FileISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood on Sunday stated that sending out-of-school youngsters to colleges is the federal government’s top-most precedence. He despatched a particular message to Pakistani college students on the event of the International Education Day.”Education is the key to the country’s progress and prosperity,” Shafqat Mehmood stated in his message, including that it’s the “right of every child to have equal educational opportunities and facilities,” due to this fact, the federal government is working to make sure that on each degree.As reported by Geo.television, the minister additionally spoke in regards to the disruption of instructional actions due to the coronavirus pandemic and stated that the federal government is using efforts and mobilising its sources to make up for the lack of time that college students needed to endure as a result of lockdown.”It is our national duty to equip the younger generation of Pakistan with the power of education, and all classes of society must play a part in ensuring that,” he stated. The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education in celebration of the function of schooling for peace and growth.The third International Day of Education (January 24) will probably be marked on Monday 25 January 2021 underneath the theme ‘Recover and Revitalise Education for the COVID-19 Generation’.