NEW DELHI, 26 July 2004 — The United Progressive Alliance government is determined to improve the present standard of education at all levels, Minister of State for Human Resources Development Ali Ashraf Fatmi said yesterday. He said the present education standard needed to be improved.

Talking to Arab News here, Fatmi said he would try to ensure that the level of elementary, primary and higher education was improved. He said he believed in quality education. Fatmi also promised to introduce new professional and technical courses.