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'An
educational tour'
-letter
The Aga khan Higher
Secondary School Chitral is the first ever
institution symbolizing merit and quality in
education. The core values of the institution are
respect,
fairness, integrity, rigour, humility, passion,
honesty and creativity. The institution aims to
produce life long learners fully acquainted with
modern sciences and technology. Islamic morality and
ideals of life remain the moving spirit and
inspiration for the young learners. Here knowledge
and learning is the way of life.
Being the pioneer in Chitral context, recently the
faculty arranged an exposure tour to Northern
Pakistan where the Aga Khan Higher Secondary Schools
are well established and organized. The schools in
northern areas have produced very brilliant and
competent students who have made to the best
institutions in Pakistan and around the world.
It was a successful tour in all sense. We received a
delighted welcome there. As we were in a highly
inquisitive mood about the institutions and the way
they work there, we got the fullest cooperation and
support which I think, we rightly expected from
them. It goes without saying that the AKDN
institutions in northern Pakistan are in full swing
to implement and realize the pluralistic and
meritocratic vision of their benevolent founder,
prince Karim Aga Khan.
It was wonderful to observe that the whole system is
running there as one unit with the same resilience
and vision, worthy to emulate. Inside the
institutions I saw life enriched with all colors
where academic brilliance is not the only matter
rather an all-round personality development, social
skills, ethics and discipline matter most.
Gilgit and Chitral is the land of world’s mightiest
peaks and Shundur being the roof of the world have
shot to fame attracting nature lovers from around
the world. Chitral has very old and strong bonds of
culture, religion and traditions with the people of
northern areas.
In the tour we also got an opportunity to study life
in its simplicity but in perfect sophistication. It
was most vivid in Hunza valley where people are hard
working, very close and friendly with nature. I came
to know that female literacy rate is hundred percent
in Hunza valley and girls outshine boys in their
annul exams. It was equaly a great source of delight
and joy for me to see the young girls and boys
holding farming instruments such as home made basket
(waishko in khoware) rope and sickle on their way to
the fields. As compared to Hunza life has become
more mechanized and artificial in Chitral. We are
very fast leaving behind the customs and ways of our
forefathers which I think were the very source of
enrichment of our culture and would add happiness to
daily life. Education is all about the preservation
of culture and traditions. Havoc is wreaked with our
serene culture in the guise of modernism.
Education is the major indicator of a nation’s
civlity, progress and prosperity. We have to go a
long way to achieve our goals. We are determined and
committed to the cause of education and have no
choice but to wage jihad in education sector to
safely steer our nation from unprecedented crisis
which we are going through in the current phase of
our national life. We are in this world for a brief
moment in time; we must give our best to the world
for the cause of humanity.
Fda ul karim,
Aga Khan Higher Secondary
school, Chitral.
10 Jul 09.
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