KARACHI/ SUKKUR   -   Federal Minister for Education and Professional Trainings and National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood Saturday said all primary schools and universities would start classes from Monday.

While talking to reporters in Sukkur during his visit to the tomb of Mir Masoom Shah Minaret, a Mughal era’s monument, the minister said that the country had witnessed “too much loss of education” due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shafqat Mahmood said that education played a crucial role in the economic development and growth of a country. He underlined the need of using technology as it was crucial to ensure quality education.

According to a statement by the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, the minister said that Pakistan needed to invest more in education sector in the coming years. He said use of technology was vital to bridge the educational gap and better teaching methodologies would be helpful to ensure quality education.