Pakistan Education Sector Reforms Efforts

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Pakistan Education Sector Reforms Efforts

• Government of Pakistan
• Ministry of Education

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Scheme of Presentation

• Present Environment of Education
• Literacy Rates in Pakistan by Gender
• Number of Institutions, Enrolment and Teaching
  Staff
• Public Institutions Missing Facilities
• Educational Institutions by Medium of
  Instruction.
• Comparative Summary of Enrolment
• Enrollment Drop-outs up to Intermediate Level
  2000 2005
• Enrolment by Gender and location
• Vocational and Technical Institutions (Diploma
  and Certificate Programs)
• Number of Deeni Madaris by Enrolment and Teaching
  Staff
• Budgetary Allocation for Education
• Reforms Undertaken

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Present Environment of Educationa. Literacy Rate
in Pakistan by Gender
Census 1998 (in ) Census 1998 (in ) Census 1998 (in ) PSLM 2004-05 (in ) PSLM 2004-05 (in ) PSLM 2004-05 (in )
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Pakistan Pakistan 44 55 32 53 65 40
Punjab Punjab 46.6 57.2 35.1 55 65 45
Sindh Urban 63.7 69.8 56.7 72 80 62
Sindh Rural 25.7 37.9 12.2 38 56 18
Sindh Total 45.3 54.5 34.8 56 68 41
NWFP NWFP 35.4 51.4 18.8 45 64 26
Balochistan Balochistan 24.8 34.0 14.1 37 52 19
Sources Population Census, 1998 and Pakistan
Social and Living Standard Measurement (PSLM)
Survey 2004-05
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b. Number of Institutions, Enrolment and Teaching
Staff
Area Educational Institutions Non-Functional Enrolment Teaching Staff
Pakistan 227,791 12,737 33,379,578 1,356,802
Punjab 110,459 2,742 18,298,608 716,768
Sindh 51,006 7,442 6,552,795 290,749
NWFP 37,761 1,781 5,206,932 198,893
Balochistan 10,986 306 1,110,162 50,893
ICT 1,189 23 390,888 19,387
FATA 5,145 123 605,437 22,079
Northern Area 3,977 128 354,962 15,196
AJK 7,268 192 859,794 42,837
Source National Education Census (NEC), 2006
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c. Public Institutions Missing Facilities
Province WithoutBoundary Wall WithoutBoundary Wall Without Drinking Water Without Drinking Water WithoutElectricity WithoutElectricity withoutLatrine withoutLatrine WithoutBuilding WithoutBuilding
Province 2000 2005 2000 2005 2000 2005 2000 2005 2000 2005
Pakistan 72865 53,481 56,094 46,766 99,597 81,633 78,655 57,216 21,126 9,776
Punjab 29,850 18,339 12,918 13,690 43,110 32,189 36,652 22,206 6,946 3,433
Sindh 18,689 14,838 17,910 11,586 25,005 22,149 18,815 12,842 9,834 4,001
NWFP 12,093 9,014 12,740 9,774 17,359 13,716 11,138 10,392 2,201 1,214
Baloch-istan 7,656 5,447 9,010 5,621 2,152 6,950 8,738 6,137 1,481 585
ICT 63 51 54 32 41 20 56 39 06 -
FATA 1,839 1,275 1,852 2,013 1,797 2,045 1,839 2,079 110 292
FANA 910 748 492 1,085 903 1,033 1,126 738 104 36
AJK 1,765 3,769 1,118 2,965 1,614 3,531 1,774 2,783 444 215
Source National Education Census (NEC), 2006
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d. Educational Institutions by Medium of
Instruction
Type Type of Institutions Medium of Instruction (in ) Medium of Instruction (in ) Medium of Instruction (in ) Medium of Instruction (in )
Type Type of Institutions Urdu English Sindhi Others
Total 227791 64.6 10.4 15.5 9.5
Total Boys 57868 77.3 2.9 6.7 13.2
Total Girls 48475 78.3 2.6 9.3 9.8
Total Mixed 121448 53.1 17.1 22.2 7.6
Public 151,744 68.3 1.4 22.4 7.9
Public Boys 50,265 82.2 1.2 7.5 9.1
Public Girls 41878 80.6 1.4 6.7 11.3
Public Mixed 59,601 48.0 1.6 43.4 7.0
Private 76,047 57.2 28.4 1.8 12.7
Private Boys 6,597 63.7 10.7 2.6 23.0
Private Girls 7,602 44.4 1.4 1.3 52.9
Private Mixed 61,847 58.0 32.1 1.7 7.7
It includes Pushto, Balochi, Arabic Source
National Education Census (NEC), 2006
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e. Comparative Summary of Enrollment
Area Enrolment at all levels (Primary to Tertiary) Enrolment at all levels (Primary to Tertiary) Enrolment at all levels (Primary to Tertiary) Enrolment at all levels (Primary to Tertiary) Enrolment at all levels (Primary to Tertiary)
Area 2000 2003 Increase in over 2000 2005 Increase in over 2000
Pakistan 22,584,640 23,871,551 5.7 33,379,578 47.8
Punjab 12,574,349 13,193,556 4.9 18,298,608 45.5
Sindh 4,391,594 4,765,061 8.5 6,552,795 49.2
NWFP 3,473,481 3,619,894 4.2 5,206,932 49.9
Balochistan 841,033 881,279 4.8 1,110,162 32.0
ICT 190,520 206,579 8.4 390,888 105.2
FATA 436,107 499,921 14.6 605,437 38.0
FANA 125,017 140,484 12.4 354,962 184.0
AJK 552,539 564,724 2.2 859,794 55.6
Increase based on base year 2000
Source National Education Census (NEC), 2006
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f. Enrollment Drop-outs up to Intermediate
Level 2000 2005
Student Enrolment in Public Institutions
Dropout Stage
Dropouts 1999-2000
Dropouts 2004-05
1999-2000 2004-05
During Inter/HSSC
15.7
Up to Class 12
0.111
Inter HSSC
0.023
0.076
0.708
30.14
36.44
Up to Class 10
1.311
1.479
0.539
Secondary
0.294
After Secondary
15.68
22.41
3.074
3.323
Up to Class 8
0.232
During Secondary (SSC)
Middle
0.753
1.316
39.60
14.829
After Middle
15.9
24.5
12.480
0.528
During Middle
6.614
6.865
46.30
After Primary
Up to Class 5
Primary
4.641
31.3
53.0
During Primary
Total 16.941 Million
Total 7.684 Million
Total 20.339 Million
Total 5.512 Million
1999-2000 2004-2005
Note (i) Total eligible for enrolment (3 to 16
age group) 50.270 million 52.256 million (ii)
Enrolment in Public and Private
Institutions 25.072 million 33.379
million (iii) Enrolment in Public
Sector 16.941 million 21.258 million (iv)
Children do not enroll. 25.198 million 18.877
million Data for Inter/HSSC relate to Academic
Year 2000-01.
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g. Enrolment by Gender and Location
Province/Area Total Male Female Rural Urban
Pakistan 33,379,578 18,981,213 57 14,398,365 43 19,159,897 57 14,219,681 43
Punjab 18,298,608 9,795,492 54 8,503,116 46 10,374,093 57 7,924,515 43
Sindh 6,552,795 3,844,929 59 2,707,866 41 2,551,368 39 4,001,427 61
NWFP 5,206,932 3,322,543 64 1,884,389 36 3,936,925 76 1,270,007 24
Balochistan 1,110,162 713,683 64 396,479 36 662,447 60 447,715 40
ICT 390,888 208,998 53 181,890 47 90,722 23 300,166 77
FATA 605,437 440,285 73 165,152 27 605,437 100 -
Northern Area 354,962 190,621 54 164,341 46 288,641 81 66,321 19
AJK 859,794 464,662 54 395,132 46 650,264 76 209,530 24
Source National Education Census (NEC), 2006
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h. Vocational and Technical Institutions(Diploma
and Certificate Programs)
Area Institutions Enrolment Teachers
Pakistan 3,059 238,687 15,339
Punjab 1,455 116,412 7,883
Sindh 454 57,855 2,780
NWFP 727 48,342 3114
Balochistan 48 4,538 451
ICT 54 3,612 265
FATA 35 1,520 134
FANA 186 7,633 272
AJK 100 5,045 440
Source National Education Census (NEC), 2006
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i. Number of Deeni Madaris by Enrolment and
Teaching staff
Area No. of Deeni Madaris Covered No. of Deeni Madaris Refusal No. of Deeni Madaris for which Data is Collected Enrolment Teaching Staff
Pakistan 12979 826 12153 1549242 58391
Punjab 5459 159 5300 674281 24977
Sindh 1935 119 1816 312693 11951
NWFP 2843 275 2568 336983 12058
Balochistan 769 99 670 65597 2891
ICT 77 15 62 10557 657
FATA 135 43 92 14162 481
FANA 1193 39 1154 88540 3160
AJK 568 77 491 46429 2216
Source National Education Census (NEC), 2006
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Budgetary Allocation for Education
(Rs. In Billion)
2000-01 2005-06 2006-07
Ministry of Education 5.08 6.8 9.55
Higher Education Commission - 22.20 27.58
Other Federal Ministries 2.90 7.40 7.59
Punjab 31.39 60.75 83.97
Sindh 16.16 28.90 39.92
NWFP 11.35 18.23 23.68
Balochistan 4.73 8.86 9.63
AJK 2.25 3.75 4.63
FATA 1.49 2.10 3.78
FANA 0.49 0.98 1.39
Total (Public Sector) 75.88 160.00 211.77
Total (Private Sector) 12.00 35.91 40.69
Grand Total 87.88 195.91 252.46
GDP(mp) (Economic survey 2005-06) on current factor cost. 3,863 7,713 -
Education Budget as of GDP 2.27 2.53 -
Estimated
Source Details of demands for grants and
appropriations 2006-07, GoP, Finance Div. Budget
books of the Govt. of Punjab, Sindh, NWFP,
Balochistan and AJK for 2006-07. Official
communications from various Federal
Ministries/Divisions addressed to the MoE.
Official Communications from the District
Governments to the MoE.
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Reforms Undertaken

1. Uniform academic session from 1st of September
   throughout the country.
2. Free education upto Matriculation.
3. Provision of free textbooks.
4. Grant of scholarships and incentives to girl
   students.
5. English language compulsory from Class-1 onwards.
6. Composite examination at Matric level throughout
   the country from 2007, province of Sindh will
   adopt it in 2008.
7. Provision of missing facilities in schools
   through PESR (Rs. 1.05 billion for 2006-07).

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1. Introduction of English as medium of instruction
   for Science, Mathematics and Computer Science.
   Islamiyat and Pakistan Studies in Urdu in all
   schools.
2. Social Studies for Classes VI-VIII bifurcated
   into History and Geography as compulsory
   subjects.
3. New Scheme of Studies approved and notified with
   effect from 2007.
4. Budgetary allocations for education increased.

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• New curriculum
• Information Technology / Computer Education from
  Class-VI.
• All duplication in subjects eliminated.
• Contents do not reflect thinking of any
  particular sect / school of thought.
• Ethics, moral education and Haqooq-ul-ibad
  included.
• Curriculum upgraded to ensure latest developments
  / ideas in science and technology. Progressive
  with vertical and horizontal linkages.
• New Groups i.e. Medical Technology Group and
  Computer Science Group introduced in Class XI-XII.

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• Ordinance issued for regulatory authority for
  registration of private sector educational
  institutions.
• Format of the question papers for the Board
  examinations revised. The papers will have three
  parts
• i. 20 objective questions. The questions will
  have multiple choices.
• ii. 50 questions for short answers.
• iii. 30 questions for descriptive answers.
• - During 2006 teachers being trained to prepare
  children to answer questions on this pattern from
  2007.

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• NAVTEC established to ensure
• Vocational Schools at each Tehsil and at
  industrial clusters. All dropout from schools be
  encouraged to enroll.
• Polytechnic Institutes at District level for
  matriculates to produce technicians /supervisors.
• Technical Colleges 4/5 in each province for
  F.Sc. qualified students to produce technical
  graduates.
• Teachers status improved, recruitment of female
  teachers given priority.
• National textbook policy formulated.
• Curriculum for the following eleven core
  compulsory subjects have been revised

Islamiat III-XII Physics IX-XII
Urdu I-XII Chemistry IX-XII
English I-XII Biology IX-XII
Pakistan Studies IX-X Mathematics I-XII
History VI VIII General Science IV-VIII
Geography VI-VIII
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