It is but natural to entrust our matters
to people who are highly qualified and competent in their respective fields.
The doctors who cure our illness, the engineers who build our houses, the
lawyers who represent us in our law suits and the managers who run our
business must all be professionally trained in their fields if they are
to contribute positively in society and win our trust.
On the other hand, it is amazing to
think that we don't care tuppence about the education and training of the
people to whom we hand over the pulse of our nation. It is all important
that the people whom we entrust the reins of our country should not only
be equipped with the necessary educational capabilities but be especially
trained for this purpose.
A training course should be set up
where all the elected representatives are trained to execute their responsibilities
in the correct manner and are prepared to serve their country effectively
and efficiently.
In this connection, guidance should
be solicited from the system enforced in our country for training the candidates
of the Civil Services. Although the successful candidates already have
a minimum qualification of the BA degree, yet before they are appointed
at their respective posts they are given training in managerial works for
a specific time. During this period, they are taught subjects as economics,
Pakistan studies, English, finance, Islamiyat, public speaking and business
studies. Apart from these subjects they are also made to compete in athletics
and sports for their physical fitness.
On the basis of the educational and
training programme of the Civil Services, a programme for the elected representatives
of the National and Provincial Assemblies should be chalked out. For this
purpose an academy should be established. There should be a residential
programme and its duration should be at least six months. In this programme,
training should be given in all the political areas and in all the areas
which might help them in their future responsibilities. In this connection,
economics, political science, ethics, Islamic guidelines for the rulers,
jurisprudence, elementary principles of public speaking, law, policy making,
managerial affairs, foreign affairs and other important sciences whose
knowledge they might require according to their posts should especially
be included in the curriculum.
(Adapted from Moiz Amjad's commentary
on Ghamidi's ‘Manshur’)
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