EDUCATION FOR EVERY ONE

LAHORE

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between British Council and Punjab Higher Education Department here on Tuesday to collaborate in attracting the world reputed educational institutions and ICT companies to invest in the proposed Knowledge Park to be established in Lahore.

It is mutually understood and agreed by the Punjab government and the British Council that both organisations will work together for the promotion of higher education in Punjab. British Council will also help strengthen the idea of Knowledge Park, Lahore which will bring academia and industry together to work for education and economic growth. The proposed Knowledge Park covers an area of 852 acres and is located at close proximity of Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Lahore. The MoU was signed by Punjab Minister for Education Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan and Richard Weyers, Director Punjab, British Council.

On this occasion, Richard Weyers said, “the Punjab government’s initiative to start a Knowledge Park is hugely exciting, a great opportunity to bring the academic skills of the higher education sector together with the wealth creation role of the private sector. The UK has excellent experience of developing Knowledge Parks and the British Council is committed to helping Pakistan to benefit from that experience.”

Rana Mashhood expressed his resolve to make a synergy between economy and education through the proposed Knowledge Park in which educational complexes of world acclaimed universities as well as the market-oriented disciplines of local universities will be established besides setting up the offices of information and communication technology companies.

The minister stressed the need to promote knowledge to enable youth to excel in every sector and play their role in making Pakistan a more prosperous country. He informed the participants of the ceremony that Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had given a standing instruction to extend maximum facilitation to the genuine foreign universities and ICT companies interested in investment at Knowledge Park Lahore and hoped that collaboration with the British Council in this regard would be fruitful in every aspect.