KARACHI: Sindh has emerged to be the only province in the country where content highlighting menace of addiction and its implications have been incorporated in the primary school to the intermediate level curriculum. Sindh Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah, while briefing a delegation of Pakistan Naval College, presently on a study tour of the province, said that drug abuse, in context of contraband and hard drugs, has emerged to be a serious challenge across the country. This needed to be efficiently handled or otherwise it can be a serious threat to the country’s future, he added. About academic content incorporated right from school to college levels, the chief secretary said that the major focus is on sensitising children and youth in particular and raising public awareness in general to eradicate the threat. On the occasion, the Sindh chief secretary also referred to development schemes in the province mentioning that education is being accorded top priority.

Source: Pakistan Today January 25, 2019 14:15 UTC