2020 was the worst year for Education, President APPSCA

Islamabad: President All Pakistan Private Schools and Colleges Association Malik Abrar Hussain, in his special message to the media on the occasion of New Year, said that the year 2020 has come to an end. This year has been the worst in terms of education in Pakistan. He said that the New Year would be a year of educational progress and eradication of ignorance in Pakistan.

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In his special message issued yesterday, Malik Abrar Hussain said that the year 2020 has gone with all its horrors, and the New Year 2021 has begun. Millions of children have been deprived of quality education due to the prolonged closure of educational institutions. About 40,000 private educational institutions have been closed. Employees and support staff, stationery vendors, canteens, tuck shop operators, and pick-drop drivers have become unemployed.

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He further said that the passing year of 2020 was a year of difficulties. We pray to God Almighty that the year 2021 will be better for the future of our children. Let our children get an education, let our country develop, let the darkness of ignorance be removed from our beloved country because knowledge will increase.