Pakistan Educational conference 1947

The first education conference was held in Karachi from 27th November till 1st December 1947 under the
supervision of Quaid-e-azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, personally he was unable to attend the conference
due to his illness but he sent a written message for the attendees of the conference which described the
very clear future pattern and guideline for our education system.

A day before 27th november 1947 in Karachi Quaide Azam gave a message to the nation:

“I am glad that the Pakistan Educational conference is being held tomorrow in Karachi, I welcome you all
to the capital off Pakistan and wish you every success in your deliberations which I sincerely hope will
bear fruitful and practical results”

“You know that the importance of education and the right type of education cannot be over emphasized
under foreign rule over a country, in the very nature of things I regret sufficient attention has not been
paid to the education of our people and if we are to make any real, speedy and substantial progress we
must deeply tackle this question and bring our educational policy and program on the line suited to the
genius of our people in harmony with our history and culture and having regret to the modern condition
and vast development that have taken place all over the world”

“There is no doubt that the future of our state will and must greatly depend on the type of education
and the way in which we bring up our children as the future servants of Pakistan. Education does not
only mean academic education, and even that appears to be of a very poor type”