Islamabad News, Dec 24 (NNI): Minister for Planning and Development
Ahsan Iqbal on Monday called for introducing Paradigm shift in our learning and
healthcare models to develop creative, innovative and capable human resource in the
country.
He stated this while addressing as a Chief
Guest at ‘RMC International Scientific Conference’, organized by Rawalpindi
Medical College to mark its 40th Anniversary Day Celebrations Monday.
He said, “Only a creative and healthier nation can reap the true potentials of modern
knowledge-based and technology-led economy of the Knowledge Revolution Era”.
“We must adopt the Quranic learning model of observation, inquiry and reflection
in order to chisel the creative skills of our students, who need to be trained
in asking as many questions as come into their mind”.
Therefore, he said “we need to switch from
traditional instructional learning model to modern interactive learning model,
in which teacher just facilitates and connects the students to various
available resources of knowledge in the field, because the learning is not
confined to mere class rooms nowadays, rather it has become a
global experience due to the internet access”.
Ahsan Iqbal highlighted, “We start
suppressing the creativity of our children right since their initial learning,
because our learning model promotes rote learning instead of creative
thinking”.
He added that the language of instruction
is different from the language in which we think, which prevents creativity
just because we cannot express our thought in a free manner because of the
language barrier.
“All the developed countries in the world
impart initial learning to their children in their local languages. It is only
for the research purposes that they employ English as a medium of instruction”,
he remarked.
Therefore, he said “we must introduce
radical changes in our curriculum and learning methods to encourage inquiry,
creativity and research in our students to make them competitive at
international level, where brain power stands superior to muscle power”.
The Federal Minister emphasized upon the
need of adopting a healthier
lifestyle for staying competitive
and productive. He said, “We must promote preventive medicine to get rid of our
nation from diseases”.
He asked the doctors and alumni of
Rawalpindi Medical College to play a leading role in the health care research
and introducing an
interdisciplinary approach towards
learning in the field of medicine.
The policy makers can only prepare better
and viable policy documents if they are provided with the valid evidence on the
basis of reliable research. Therefore, we must strengthen our research
capabilities”.
Prof. Ahsan Iqbal also urged upon the
young doctors to serve for at least a period of 03 years in the rural areas of
the country after their graduation, as a token of gratitude to the poor and
less privileged people who have subsidized their education.
At this occasion, the Federal Minister
inaugurated the new library of Rawalpindi Medical College and RMC Park on the
campus. He also visited the newly-established Multi Organ Failure (MOF) Centre
at the College, and appreciated the efforts of the college authorities in
providing a quality health care service to almost 2.6 million people of the
region, he remarked. NNI
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