THATTA: Speakers at a seminar on`Education-responsibility of all` expressed the belief that Pakistani children were highly talented and if their potential was harnessed it would brighten the country`s future.

The responsibility to make it happen and yield appropriate results equally fell on the government, parents, institutions, organisations and communities, they said at the seminar organised by the British Council at the Chandia Primary School in Sujawal on Thursday.

The British Council`s director for Sindh and Balochistan Christopher Hunt said that the council had been working in Pakistan for the past 70 years and succeeded in making progress in terms of promoting culture and better ties between the two countries and hoped it would continue doing so in future as well.

Former MPA Syed Shafique Shah Bukhari said the efforts by the council to help enrol more children in schools in Sindh`s coastal areas, particularly in remote villages through mohallah committees and its partner NGO and others had produced encouraging results.

As a result of this joint venture, not only the number of schoolgoing children had improved but it had also fostered interest in parents and the communities concerned to pursue the objective of education, he said.

Ms Faiza Ilyas and Hassan Abdal of the British Council said that the council was involved in the formation of mohallah committees and creating awareness among parents and other segments of society about the importance of getting children enrolled in schools.

It had succeeded in its objective to a great extent over the past three years,they said.

Towards the conclusion of the seminar, children of various schools presented tableaus and speeches and earned applause from the audience.

Among others, Sujawal town committee chairman Syed Sher Ali Shah, Nisar Ahmad Memon, a president of mohallah committee, and other stakeholders concerned also participated in the gathering.