Islamabad:The government is giving top priority to education and is determined to enhance allocations for education upto seven per cent of the budget by the year 2015, said Minister of State for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Mehreen Anwar Raja.

She said this while addressing the students of Jinnah Institute of Informatics and Commerce (JIIC) Rawalpindi at their annual Sport Gala-2010.

She said that the government announced the national education policy after intensive consultations with all stakeholders including provincial governments and huge amount has been allocated for education during the current financial year to translate the policy in to reality. She was of the view that illiteracy is the basic cause of terrorism and the government is making all out efforts to promote education, as it would help eliminating the menace of terrorism and extremism.

She said, “We have to excel in the field of education to join the rank of developed countries and the private sector is also supplementing government’s efforts in the promotion of education.” Mehreen Raja said that the government is establishing Mohtarma Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University at Karachi and one of its campuses will also be set up at Malakand.The news