New perspective: K-P finalises uniform education system
Enrolment drive to be held to encourage admissions.
The education department has further decided to initiate an enrolment drive to increase the number of children admitted to schools. PHOTO: FILE
PESHAWAR:
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has finalised its plan on introducing a uniform education system in the province.
The education department has further decided to initiate an enrolment drive to increase the number of children admitted to schools.
Minister for Education Muhammad Atif said a committee for this purpose had already been formed, adding they are currently working on formulating a short-term policy. “We will also devise a long-term policy in this respect.”
Atif said the policy envisaged reforms in the education sector, which were to be implemented on an immediate basis. “We will work in accordance with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf manifesto, and intend to overcome the gap between the elite and poor in the education sector,” the minister said, adding the difference between English and Urdu mediums will also cease to exist.
“In the first phase, examinations for certain classes will be conducted through boards,” he said. “We are also planning to provide free books to students.”
The minister said two to three million children under the age of 10 are out of school according to a report. He added a monitoring unit would be set up to circumvent this issue. “Teams provided with mobile phones and laptops will register any complaint against schools or teachers as well,” said Atif, adding teachers training programmes are also on
the cards.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2013.
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has finalised its plan on introducing a uniform education system in the province.
The education department has further decided to initiate an enrolment drive to increase the number of children admitted to schools.
Minister for Education Muhammad Atif said a committee for this purpose had already been formed, adding they are currently working on formulating a short-term policy. “We will also devise a long-term policy in this respect.”
Atif said the policy envisaged reforms in the education sector, which were to be implemented on an immediate basis. “We will work in accordance with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf manifesto, and intend to overcome the gap between the elite and poor in the education sector,” the minister said, adding the difference between English and Urdu mediums will also cease to exist.
“In the first phase, examinations for certain classes will be conducted through boards,” he said. “We are also planning to provide free books to students.”
The minister said two to three million children under the age of 10 are out of school according to a report. He added a monitoring unit would be set up to circumvent this issue. “Teams provided with mobile phones and laptops will register any complaint against schools or teachers as well,” said Atif, adding teachers training programmes are also on
the cards.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2013.