WELCOME TO DoE

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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT GILGIT-BALTISTAN
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• Vision
• Our vision is to prepare the nation for the
  challenges of knowledge revolution with
  strengthening of public sector Institutions by
  providing access and quality education to all
  children and youth.
•  Mission
• To bring all children, boys and girls inside in
  the schools by providing quality education
  through access at all levels.

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Initiatives Taken so far

• Prepared long-term Education Strategy (2008-2025)
  for Gilgit-Baltistan completed
• Established Female Directorate of Education at
  Gilgit
• Establishment of Polytechnic Institute for Boys
  at Gilgit for Diploma of Associates(DAE) Engineer
  in Civil and Electrical Technologies. The
  construction work is in progress.
• Established Regional Directorate of Education for
  Baltistan Region( Skardu and Khaplu)
• Established Education Assessment Center (GB-
  EAC) in Gilgit.
• Establishment of GB- EMIS to collect accurate
  and reliable information for Educational
  planning.
• Provided 30 buses to colleges and schools of GB.
• Started Diploma in Education and B. Ed classes in
  Teacher Training colleges at Gilgit and Skardu
  under CIDA Project (Funded by the world Bank)

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Initiatives Taken so far

• Through CIDA Project build capacity of 1452
  Head Teachers ,3270 of Elementary Schools
  Teachers, Scholarships for 250 Pre-Service
  teachers for Diploma in Education and
  Scholarships for 500 Pre-Service Teachers for
  B.Ed.
• Primary Education Project (PEP) Gilgit-Baltistan
  (Gilgit, Hunza-Nagar Skardu) funded by UNICEF.
• Developed Capacity Building of Teachers Training
  Institutions Training of Elementary School
  Teachers Funded by MoE/CIDA.

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Challenges to Education Sector

• Access and Equity
• Poverty Cost of education
• Low enrolment and high dropout
• Gender inequities
• Lack of availability of well-resourced
  educational institutions
• Geographical and cultural constraints
• Lack of awareness about value of education
• Reluctance of teachers to serve in hard areas
• Lack of special education institutions

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Challenges to Education Sector

• Quality and Relevance
• Teachers capacity
• Curriculum and relevant learning materials
• Teaching Aids and methodology
• Assessment
• Medium of instruction language issues
• Governance and Management
• Policy and decision making
• Quality and sustainability
• Accountability
• Human Resource Management and development

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