Purpose of Education for any Nation || Education Sector of Pakistan

 This Blog is Covering the following topics

Why New Policies are  Made Time to Time in Pakistan

Role Of Education in Developing Countries

Definition Of Education Planning

Definition Of Education Policy 

Why it is Important for Pakistan to have an Effective Education Policy

Education System in Pakistan

Education System and MDGS Goals

 

If We discuss about the education policy of Pakistan from the day of independence 1947  Pakistan cant able to make a sustainable education policy  after some years the education policy changes so if there was not a sustainable education policy then how can we believe that there will be progress in education sector. Tell 1970 we don’t have any concrete education policy

·         1970 = First Education policy

·         1972 = Second  Education policy

·         1979 = Third Education policy

·         1992 = Fourth Education policy

·         1998 = Fifth Education policy

·         2010 = Sixth Education policy

·         2011 = Seventh Education policy

·         2021 = Eighth Education Policy

This is the long history of Pakistan Education policy and its still going so the biggest reason of these ups and downs is political instability and economic instability  but some other issues are as below,

1)      Lack of Proper Planning

2)      Social constraints 

3)      Gender gap

4)      Cost of education

5)      War on Terror

6)      Funds for Education

7)      Technical Education

The education and development go hand in hand. The Role of education in developing countries is a very important  and its importance increases in country like Pakistan. One as lack of education causes poverty and slow economic development of a country especially if the country is a developing country. Education is very important for everyone it’s a primary need of any individual, every girl or boy child should have the right to quality education so that they can have better chances in life, including employment opportunities, and better health.

The role of education in poverty reduction is huge. Some advantages of education are

·        It boosts economic growth

·        Increases the GDP of a country.  

·        Reduces infant mortality rate, 

·        Increases human life expectancy. 

Education is an important investment in a country as there are huge benefits. Education guarantees lifetime income; it promotes peace and reduces drop-out rates from schools and colleges and encourages healthy competition. Many children dropout form colleges as they are not aware of the advantages of college education. Education helps in making the right decisions at the time of conflicts.

Definition of Education Planning

Educational planning is Defined as  it is the application of rational, systematic analysis to the process of educational development with the aim of making education more effective and efficient in responding to the needs and goals of its students and society.

Definition of Education Policy

Every country has their own education policy according to their country issues. If we try to define the education policy it  consists of the principles and government policies in the educational sphere as well as the collection of laws and rules that govern the operation of education systems. Education occurs in many forms for many purposes through many institutions. Some Examples include early childhood education, kindergarten through to 12th grade, two and four year colleges or universities, graduate and professional education, adult education and job training. Therefore, education policy can directly affect the education people engage in at all ages. Examples of areas subject to debate in education policy, specifically from the field of schools, include school size, class size, school choice, school privatization, tracking, teacher selection, education and certification, teacher pay, teaching methods, curricular content, graduation requirements, school infrastructure investment, and the values that schools are expected to uphold and model. Issues in education policy also address problems within higher education. 

Why it is important for Pakistan to have an effective education policy

There is a serious need of education policy because The education system of Pakistan is comprised of

·    260,903 institutions and is facilitating 41,018,384 students with the help of 1,535,461 teachers.

·        180,846 public institutions

·        80,057 private institutions.

And  31% educational institutes are run by private sector while 69% are public institutes. 

That’s why we need a concrete and permanent education policy which will define our students and youth future direction.

Education system in Pakistan

The education sector not have been any attention of any of the government of Pakistan after independence 1947 tell 1970 we don’t have any concrete education policy which can define our course of action in education sector which is very important for the progress of Pakistan unfortunately the political and military leaders were interested in political gain and power gain so due to which our education sector lake behind but now due to international campaigns about education Pakistan is try to made little improvement in education sector not much but little changes are been made from last decades.

Pakistan has expressed its commitment to promote education and literacy in the country by education policies at domestic level and getting involved into international commitments on education. In this regard national education policies are the visions which suggest strategies to increase literacy rate, capacity building, and enhance facilities in the schools and educational institutes. MDGs and EFA programmes are global commitments of Pakistan for the promotion of literacy. A review of the education system of Pakistan suggests that there has been little change in Pakistan’s schools since 2010, when the 18th Amendment enshrined education as a fundamental human right in the constitution.

·        Problems of access,

·        Quality,

·        Infrastructure,

·        Inequality of opportunity.

Education policy in Pakistan and SDGS / MDGS  

   MDGs and Pakistan

Due to the problems in education system of Pakistan, the country is lagging behind in achieving its MDGs of education. The MDGs have laid down two goals for education sector:

Goal 2 Universal Primary Education

The goal 2 of MDGs is to achieve Universal Primary Education (UPE), children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. The enrolment statistics show an increase in the enrolment of students of the age of 3-16 year while dropout rate decreased. But the need for increasing enrolment of students remains high to achieve MDGs target. Punjab is leading province wise in net primary enrolment rate with 62% enrolment. The enrolment rate in Sindh province is 52%, in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KPK) 54% and primary enrolment rate in Balochistan is 45%.

 

Goal 3 Promoting Gender Equality and Women Empowerment

 The goal 3 of MDGs is Promoting Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. It is aimed at eliminating gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2005 and in all levels of education . There is a stark disparity between male and female literacy rates. The national literacy rate of male was 71% while that of female was 48% . Provinces reported the same gender disparity. Punjab literacy rate in male was 71% and for females it was 54%. In Sindh literacy rate in male was 72% and female 47%, in KPK male 70% and females 35%, while in Balochistan male 62% and female 23%

 

Pakistan’s ranking on Human Development Index (HDI)

 Pakistan’s ranking on Human Development Index (HDI) fell two notches and stood at 154th position in accordance with the 2020 report out of total 189 countries.

 

 

Suggestions  or Recommendations

·        Balanced approach for formal and informal education be adopted.

·        Government must take action against ghost schools

·        Implement single national curriculum in all provinces

·         Increases numbers of Vocational and technical training institutes

·        There is a need for implementation of national education policy and vision 2030 education goals.

·        Public private partnership is also future need

 

 

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Written by = Yasir Hassan || G&pp || Bs 6^th