PUNJAB EDUCATION FOUNDATION

 PUNJAB EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Group members:

MALIK ZEEWAQAR AHMED

HASSAN KHAN

SAJID BISHAAL

MADIHA

SEMESTER 6 PA&G DEPT GPP

The Punjab Education Foundation was established under the Punjab Education Foundation Act of 1991 as an autonomous statutory body to encourage and promote education on non-commercial/ non-profit basis. Since then, it has come a long way to arrange free quality education for the deserving children at their doorsteps. The Punjab Education Foundation has been restructured under the Punjab Education Foundation Act-XII of 2004 for the promotion of education, In 2004 PEF was restructured and Dr. Allah bakhsh UNESCO was appointed as its first MD/CEO 2005-2008 

MISSION;

The mission of PEF is the Promotion of quality education through Public-Private-Partnership, encouraging and supporting the efforts of private sector through technical and financial assistance, innovating and developing new instruments to champion wider educational opportunities to the underprivileged children at affordable cost.

VISION;

The Vision of PEF is to help promote an educated society in partnership with the private sector so that every child has equal access to the basic right of education in Punjab.

SALIENT FEATURES;

• Provision of the low-income households for better quality education by the private sector
• The technical assistance of privately managed schools
• Support of the schools of less affluent areas
• Promote female education
• Financial assistance through new instruments on the basis of per child enrollment
• Vouchers for the slums/kachiabadis households. 
• The monetary reward for well-reputed institutions.

BOARD OF DIRECTOR;

The first board of director consist of Mr. shahid hafeez kardar former governor of state bank of Pakistan, group captain cecil Chaudhry, national hero Ms. Shista Pervez Malik and Mr. khaid ikhlaq gilani PAS 

The vision mission and objective of the foundation were approved by BOD. PEF introduced wonderful initiatives like FAS, EVS, TICSS and CPD, it was supported by Chaudhry Pervez ellahi as chief minister and Mr. Salman siddiq chief secretary Punjab the chairman used to elected by the member of board from private sector and CEO was appointed by BOD after selection process 

FUNCTONS OF FOUNDATION;

• Provide financial assistance for the establishment, expansion, improvement, and management of educational institutions and allied projects.
• Provide incentives to students, teachers, and Educational Institutions.
• Promote public-private partnerships relating to education.
• Provide technical assistance to Educational Institutions for testing policy interventions and innovative programs for replication.
• Rank private educational institutions based on educational standards.
• Raise funds through donations, grants, contributions, subscriptions etc.
• Assist Educational Institutions in capacity building, including training of teachers.
• Undertake any other function as may be assigned to it by the Board with the approval of the Government.

PEF DEPARTMENT;

Following are the departments under Punjab education foundation 

• Foundation Assisted Schools
• Education Voucher Scheme
• New School Program
• Continuous Professional Development Program
• Academic Development Unit
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Information Technology
• Human Resource
• Admin & Procurement
• Communication
• Law
• Finance
• Audit

The foundation is running three kinds of schools;

• Foundation Assisted School (FAS)
• Education Voucher Scheme (EVS)
• New School Program (NSP)  

It also trains the teachers of its partner schools under Continuous Development Program (CPDP). To check quality education it has a comprehensive examination system under academic development unit (ADU)

The Foundation has taken many initiatives for the promotion of affordable quality education for less privileged and disenfranchised sections of society and has introduced new cost effective, economical and affordable models in Public Private Partnership. The initiatives have been widely appreciated and recognized at national and international level as well. Currently, more than 2.6 million students are getting free and quality education in 7,468 partner schools across the Punjab.