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Just read this article and I thought I'd share it because personally, I was really very pleased to know that something if finally being done (even though it's still in the very early stages, but at least the concerned authorities are thinking in the right direction).
Public and private institutions to teach identical curriculum: 7 percent of GDP for education till 2015
* Education minister unveils ‘National Education Policy 2009’
* Grades XI, XII to be merged with school education
* Policy envisages 85 percent literacy rate by 2015
By Tahir Niaz
ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Wednesday the ‘National Education Policy (NEP) 2009’, under which budgetary allocations for the sector have been increased to 7 percent of the GDP until 2015 and a common curriculum would be applicable to both private and public institutions.
The new policy – announced by the education minister – merges grades XI and XII with school education. It also says that every child – on admission in grade 1 – would be allotted a unique ID, which would remain associated with the student throughout his/her academic career.
The education minister said a new concept of residential schools would be introduced on the pattern of ‘Danish schools’ in Punjab. Model schools for boys and girls would initially be established in each province, and the project would then be launched at the district level.
According to the new policy, the official age for primary education has been set at six-to-10 years; all primary schools would be upgraded to middle level where feasible; plans to improve basic facilities at schools would be prepared; and high priority would be given to reducing dropout rates.
Addressing a press conference, federal Education Minister Mir Hazar Bijarani said a cabinet meeting unanimously approved the new policy. He said that education goals related to the Dakar EFA Goals and Millennium Development Goals would be achieved by 2015. He said, “Free education will include all education-related costs.”
Bijarani said the literacy rate in the country would stand at 80-85 percent by 2015. He said enrolment in higher education would be increased from 4.7 percent to 10 percent by 2015.
He said madrassas would be streamlined by introducing contemporary studies. He told the media that the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Forum would be institutionalised, with the legal mandate to oversee the implementation of the policy.
Highlights:
* Each student to be given unique ID
* Concept of residential schools to be introduced on pattern of ‘Danish schools’ in Punjab
* Official age for primary education set at 6-to-10 years
* Enrolment in higher education to be increased from 4.7 percent to 10 percent by 2015, 15 percent by 2020
* Free education to include all education-related costs
* Plans to improve basic facilities at schools to be prepared
* All primary schools across country to be upgraded to middle level where feasible
* High priority to be given to reducing dropout rates
* Model schools for boys and girls to be established in each province
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Public and private institutions to teach identical curriculum: 7 percent of GDP for education till 2015
* Education minister unveils ‘National Education Policy 2009’
* Grades XI, XII to be merged with school education
* Policy envisages 85 percent literacy rate by 2015
By Tahir Niaz
ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Wednesday the ‘National Education Policy (NEP) 2009’, under which budgetary allocations for the sector have been increased to 7 percent of the GDP until 2015 and a common curriculum would be applicable to both private and public institutions.
The new policy – announced by the education minister – merges grades XI and XII with school education. It also says that every child – on admission in grade 1 – would be allotted a unique ID, which would remain associated with the student throughout his/her academic career.
The education minister said a new concept of residential schools would be introduced on the pattern of ‘Danish schools’ in Punjab. Model schools for boys and girls would initially be established in each province, and the project would then be launched at the district level.
According to the new policy, the official age for primary education has been set at six-to-10 years; all primary schools would be upgraded to middle level where feasible; plans to improve basic facilities at schools would be prepared; and high priority would be given to reducing dropout rates.
Addressing a press conference, federal Education Minister Mir Hazar Bijarani said a cabinet meeting unanimously approved the new policy. He said that education goals related to the Dakar EFA Goals and Millennium Development Goals would be achieved by 2015. He said, “Free education will include all education-related costs.”
Bijarani said the literacy rate in the country would stand at 80-85 percent by 2015. He said enrolment in higher education would be increased from 4.7 percent to 10 percent by 2015.
He said madrassas would be streamlined by introducing contemporary studies. He told the media that the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Forum would be institutionalised, with the legal mandate to oversee the implementation of the policy.
Highlights:
* Each student to be given unique ID
* Concept of residential schools to be introduced on pattern of ‘Danish schools’ in Punjab
* Official age for primary education set at 6-to-10 years
* Enrolment in higher education to be increased from 4.7 percent to 10 percent by 2015, 15 percent by 2020
* Free education to include all education-related costs
* Plans to improve basic facilities at schools to be prepared
* All primary schools across country to be upgraded to middle level where feasible
* High priority to be given to reducing dropout rates
* Model schools for boys and girls to be established in each province
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