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The expenditure on education is around 2% of Pakistan's GDP. [88] However, in 2009 the government approved the new national education policy, which stipulates that education expenditure will be increased to 7% of GDP, [89] an idea that was first suggested by the Punjab government. [90]
The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (Urdu: وفاقی وزارتِ برائے تعلیم و پیشہ وارانہ تربیت) is a federal ministry of the Government of Pakistan. [1] The ministry's political head is known as the Minister of Pakistan and the ministry's bureaucratic head is the Education Secretary of Pakistan.
In 1979, President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's policies announced "The National Education Policy, 1979" (NEP-79) which saw the harmonization of higher education in Pakistan with Islamic concepts and the national ideology. [9] President Zia's policies led to the fundamentalist ideas flaring in the higher education system in the country. [9]
The National Education Assessment System (NEAS), ( Urdu: قومی ماموریہَ برائے نظامِ تشخیصِ تعلیم) was an initiative of the Government of Pakistan aimed at identifying gaps, challenges, and diagnosing the strengths and weaknesses of the education system by measuring students' learning achievements. It sought to ...
Right to Education Pakistan, also known as RTE Pakistan or simply RTE, is an advocacy campaign for equal education rights for all children in Pakistan. [1] The RTE campaign stems from low enrollment levels in Pakistani schools, and low literacy levels (especially among Pakistani females) depicted by the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER). [2]
Higher education in Pakistan is the systematic process of students continuing their education beyond secondary school, learned societies and two-year colleges.The governance of higher education is maintained under the Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) (HEC) which oversees the financial funding, research outputs and teaching quality in the country. [1]
The 1962 East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) Education movement was a movement by students against the education policy recommended by Sharif Commission, official name Commission on National Education, [1] to President of Pakistan, Ayub Khan. The policy would have made English and Urdu mandatory subjects. [2]
The Pakistani textbooks controversy refers to claimed inaccuracies and historical denialism. The inaccuracies and myths promote religious intolerance and Indophobia and lead to calls for curriculum reform. According to the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan's school textbooks have systematically inculcated anti-Indian ...