Pakistan urged to hold transparent education consultation
Rights groups, academics call for a process that encourages feedback from a wide range of people
Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood speaks at President House on Dec. 23 on women s education and the way forward. (Photo: Twitter)
A group of minority rights organizations, academics and educational institutions have delivered a letter to Pakistan’s Education Ministry seeking transparent, inclusive and historically informed consultation about the country’s new education policy.
The letter, addressed to Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood on Jan. 18, was written by the Working Group for Inclusive Education and endorsed by representatives of Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi, the Centre for Social Justice, Pakistan Minorities Teachers Association, Lahore Diocesan Board of Education, Church of Pakistan, The Salvation Army Pakistan and St. Patrick’s College, Karachi.
Welcome Archbishop Farrell
The Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education (MDCCE) warmly welcomes the appointment of Archbishop Dermot Farrell as the new Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. We also offer our very best wishes to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, who established the Centre in conjunction with DCU, on his retirement. Archbishop Farrell’s installation as leader of the Catholic Church in Dublin is planned for 2
nd February 2021.
Archbishop Farrell is from Castletown-Geoghegan in County Westmeath. He was ordained in 1980 as a priest for the Diocese of Meath. He took further studies in Theology in Rome and joined the staff at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, in 1990, eventually becoming President there from 1996-2007. From September 2007 he served as Parish Priest of Dunboyne and Kilbride Parish in the Diocese of Meath until his appointment in 2018 as Bishop of Ossory.
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CWN Editor s Note: Bishop Farrell, 66, was president of Ireland’s national seminary (St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth) from 1996 to 2007; Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Ossory in 2018. He succeeds Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, 75, who has led the Dublin archdiocese since 2004.
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