ISLAMABAD: The federal government, provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have approved the ‘National Education Action Plan’ to tackle the issue of out-of-school children (OOSC). The decision came during the 38th Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC), chaired by Federal Minister for Education Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. Read More: Over 25 million children out […]
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Sindh to adopt e-marking for matric and inter exams
Sindh will introduce an e-marking system for matric and inter exams next year. The move aims to reduce errors, speed up results, and enhance transparency. Officials said the system will modernize examination processes across all boards in the province. Minister for Universities and Boards, Ismail Rahoo, announced the plan at an Inter Boards Coordination Commission […]
Sindh launches 100 micro schools under digital learning programme
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Friday called on private organisations and individuals to adopt schools under the Accelerated Digital Learning Programme (ADLP), pledging that the government would match any contribution by establishing another school bearing the donor’s name. The initiative aims to extend quality education to underserved and out-of-school children across the […]
Out of school children, decline in foundational learning key issues of Pak: Tanveer
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain on Thursday said that out of school children and the decline in foundational learning due to Covid-19 are the key issues being faced in Pakistan nowadays. Welcoming a delegation of World Bank and FCDO, Rana Tanveer said that there is a dire need for […]
Pakistan needs to reduce out-of-school children
The number of out-of-school children in Pakistan has crossed 23 million, despite claims of provincial governments of reforms in the education sector. In 2017, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elementary and Secondary Education Department carried out a comprehensive OOSC survey. The data was provided to the education directorate to address OOSC, but a year later, the directorate hasn’t […]
Schooling Out of School Children
A fundamental issue that PM Khan identified in his maiden address was the existence of over 22 million out of school children (OOSC). Contrasting this with the recent identification of Pakistan as one of the youngest nations in the world raises worrying questions. That being said, the chessboard could not be set more promisingly; a […]
CSSP to enroll more than 1000 children in 4 Union Councils of Thar
THARPARKAR: An Non-profit organization (NGO) on Saturday revealed that more than 30 schools were non-functional with no regularization of teachers in Thar’s Bolhari area. Earlier, a Hathrai villager, Suresh Kumar reached out to the NGO to raise alarm over ghost schools, that are non-functional due to non-availability of teachers. The NGO working for the reformation […]
Out of school children biggest problem of Balochistan
Balochistan is a blessed province with numerous natural resources. It is the richest province of Pakistan with lowest population of all the provinces. But sadly, Baloch people are living the worst life in Pakistan despite being so rich. We have various educational woes within our territory which are begetting more and more illiterate citizens who […]