Education Sector Reform 2003

Introduction

Education Sector Reform 2003 (ERS 2003) Program is built upon the long term vision of the National Education Policy 1998 – 2010 and ten year perspective development plan 2001 – 2011

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Government of Pakistan has also formulated its policy its policy for promoting economics growth.

Education for All (EFA) and Million Development Goal (MDG) including poverty in the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy(IPRS)

Major Area of Education

ERS 2003 was initiated in 2001 ,with systematic attention on major areas of education such as:

1.Universal Primary Education (UPE) 2.Adult Literacy3.Vocalization of General Secondary Education4.Revamping of Science Education5.Promotion of Technical Education6. Quality Assurance7. Mainstreaming of Madrasahs8. Public Private Partnership9. Higher Education

1.Universal Primary Education

Target/Reform • The education for all

emphasize quality universal Education ,through ensuring access and increasing participation rate upto 100% reducing gender disparity and enhancing completion rate 70%.

Action Plan • Promulgation of compulsory

Primary Education Ordinance;• Improving infrastructure in existing

primary school.• Initiation of Early Childhood

Education stage in schools.• Construction of new schools• Community Basic Education

Schools, and• Free textbooks for children and

free Braille books to the visually handicapped people

2.Adult Literacy

Target/Reform • Under the Reforms National Commission for

Human Development (NCHD) has been set up with the President of Pakistan as its Chairman.

• The Commission has developed district-based infrastructure to reach people. The task encompasses establishment of literacy centers through out the country.

• The National plan of action on Education for All (2001-2015) targets to open 525.000 literacy centers with 118,000 teachers by 2016.

• The literacy program implies district specific targets, literacy cycle of 6-8 months with due involvement of mass medic mobilization campaign.

• The National Plan spells out three phases of adult literacy plan (2000-15) each phase comprising five years with overall goals as under:

Action Plan • Ensuring thaw the learning needs of all

young people and adults are met, through equitable access to appropriate learning, life skills and citizenship program.

• Achieving 50% improvement in the levels of adult literacy by 2015, especially for women, and equitable access to basic and continuing education for all adults.

• AIl, especially in literacy, flume racy and essential life skills, achieves improving all aspects of the quality of education and ensuring excellence of ail so that recognized and measurable learning outcomes.

3.Vocalization of General Secondary Education

Target/Reform• To make education

meaningful and work oriented technical stream has been introduced at secondary school level

Action Plan• The existing scheme of studies to

be revised to accommodate a new technical stream along with Science and Humanities streams,

• Introduction of 34 area/gender specific trades selected against specific criteria,

• Development of teaching learning resource materials, Construction of workshops in schools and .

• Increasing enrollment from 7 to 50

4.Revamping of Science Education

Target/Reform• The Reforms aim at

improving quality of science education by providing updated science equipment, professional growth of teachers and facilities.

Action Plan• Constriction’s of science

laboratories,• Establishment of mathematic

resource rooms,• Provision of equipment and

consumables,• Development of video

textbooks,• Training of head teachers,

managers, master trainers and teachers.

5. Promotion of Technical Education

Target/Reform• The Reforms focus

qualitative and quantitative improvements of technical education

Action Plan • Establishment of one

polytechnic at each district headquarters for boys,

• One polytechnic for girls at each divisional headquarter,

• One monotechnic for men in sparsely populated district,

• One monotechnic for women in thickly populated districts.

6. Quality Assurance

Target• The Reforms has major

target to improve quality of education

Action Plan• Revision of curricula for classes I-XII,

harmonization of teachers training programs,• Introduction of multiple textbooks scheme,• Professional development of planners,

managers, teacher educators, teachers at all levels,

• Setting up of professional cadre for planning and management of education,

• Strengthening of teachers training institutions,• Examination reforms and setting up of

examination boards in private sector,• Establishment of national education

assessment system,• System of academic audit-linkage of grants/

incentives with quality,• Increase of non-salary budget by 3% annually.

7.Mainstreaming of Madrasahs

Target/Reform • The Reforms aim to streamline the

religious, educational institutions in the country for enlarging employment opportunities for their graduates and making it compatible with the emerging needs.

• The Reforms advocate to review and revise curricula of religious education.

• Pakistan Madrasah Education Board has been established to look after the affairs of schools.

Action Plan • Incentive program to facilitate

teaching of subjects like English, General Math, General Science, Computer Science, Social Studies/ Pakistan Studies at primary and secondary levels,

• English, Economics, Computer Science and Pakistan Studies at higher secondary level.

• One time grant package on affiliation with Madrasah Education Board.

8. Public Private Partnership

Target• The Reforms aim at

improved service delivery through public private partnership

Action Plan • Offering incentive package for private

sector;• Involvement of private sector in the

management of under utilized public sector institutions;

• Facilitating grants and soft loans for the development of education

• Introduction of Adopt School program;• Maximizing utilization of, public school

buildings by school up gradation in the afternoon shifts from primary to higher secondary levels through community participation project;

• Introduction of information technology courses in schools through public private partnership; etc.

9. Higher Education

Target/Reform• The reforms advocate shift

towards human resource development through qualitative and quantitative improvements of higher education

Action Plan• restrictively of research in

institutions of higher learning,• Professional development of

teachers,• Increasing access to higher

education,• Increasing enrollment,• encouragement for private sector

universities,• Increasing financial allocations,

up-gradation of science and social science programs,

• introduction of IT education, etc.

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