Pakistan Education Sector Reforms Efforts Government of Pakistan

Pakistan Education Sector Reforms Efforts Government of Pakistan Ministry of Education

Scheme of Presentation 1. Present Environment of Education: a. b. c. d. e. f. Literacy Rates in Pakistan by Gender Number of Institutions, Enrolment and Teaching Staff Public Institutions: Missing Facilities Educational Institutions by Medium of Instruction. Comparative Summary of Enrolment Enrollment & Drop-outs up to Intermediate Level 2000 & 2005 g. Enrolment by Gender and location h. Vocational and Technical Institutions (Diploma and Certificate Programs) i. Number of Deeni Madaris by Enrolment and Teaching Staff 2. Budgetary Allocation for Education 3. Reforms Undertaken 2

Present Environment of Education a. Literacy Rate in Pakistan by Gender Census 1998 (in %) Total Male Pakistan Female PSLM 2004 -05 (in %) Total Male Female 44 55 32 53 65 40 46. 6 57. 2 35. 1 55 65 45 Urban 63. 7 69. 8 56. 7 72 80 62 Rural 25. 7 37. 9 12. 2 38 56 18 Total 45. 3 54. 5 34. 8 56 68 41 NWFP 35. 4 51. 4 18. 8 45 64 26 Balochistan 24. 8 34. 0 14. 1 37 52 19 Punjab Sindh Sources: Population Census, 1998 and Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement (PSLM) Survey 2004 -05 3

b. Number of Institutions, Enrolment and Teaching Staff Area Educational Institutions Non. Enrolment Functional Teaching Staff Pakistan 227, 791 12, 737 33, 379, 578 1, 356, 802 Punjab 110, 459 2, 742 18, 298, 608 716, 768 Sindh 51, 006 7, 442 6, 552, 795 290, 749 NWFP 37, 761 1, 781 5, 206, 932 198, 893 Balochistan 10, 986 306 1, 110, 162 50, 893 ICT 1, 189 23 390, 888 19, 387 FATA 5, 145 123 605, 437 22, 079 Northern Area 3, 977 128 354, 962 15, 196 AJK 7, 268 192 859, 794 42, 837 Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006 4

c. Public Institutions: Missing Facilities Province Without Boundary Wall 2000 2005 2000 53, 48 1 29, 85 18, 33 0 9 18, 68 14, 83 9 8 12, 09 9, 014 3 56, 09 4 12, 91 8 17, 91 0 12, 74 0 Pakistan 72865 Punjab Sindh NWFP Balochistan ICT FATA Without Drinking Water 7, 656 5, 447 9, 010 63 51 54 1, 839 1, 275 1, 852 2005 Without Electricity without Latrine 2000 2005 2000 99, 59 7 43, 11 13, 690 0 25, 00 11, 586 5 17, 35 9, 774 9 81, 63 3 32, 18 9 22, 14 9 13, 71 6 78, 65 5 36, 65 2 18, 81 5 11, 13 8 46, 766 5, 621 32 2, 013 Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006 2, 152 6, 950 8, 738 41 20 56 1, 797 2, 045 1, 839 2005 Without Building 2000 2005 9, 77 6 3, 43 22, 206 6, 946 3 4, 00 12, 842 9, 834 1 1, 21 10, 392 2, 201 4 57, 216 21, 126 6, 137 1, 481 585 39 06 - 2, 079 110 292 5

d. Educational Institutions by Medium of Instruction Type Total Boys Girls Mixed Public Boys Girls Mixed Private Boys Girls Mixed # of Institutions 227791 57868 48475 121448 151, 744 50, 265 41878 59, 601 76, 047 6, 597 7, 602 61, 847 * It includes Pushto, Balochi, Arabic Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006 Medium of Instruction (in %) Urdu English Sindhi Others* 64. 6 10. 4 15. 5 9. 5 77. 3 2. 9 6. 7 13. 2 78. 3 2. 6 9. 3 9. 8 53. 1 17. 1 22. 2 7. 6 68. 3 1. 4 22. 4 7. 9 82. 2 1. 2 7. 5 9. 1 80. 6 1. 4 6. 7 11. 3 48. 0 1. 6 43. 4 7. 0 57. 2 28. 4 1. 8 12. 7 63. 7 10. 7 2. 6 23. 0 44. 4 1. 3 52. 9 58. 0 32. 1 1. 7 7. 7 6

e. Comparative Summary of Enrollment Enrolment at all levels (Primary to Tertiary) Sindh Increase in 2005 % over 2000 22, 584, 64 23, 871, 55 5. 7 33, 379, 57 0 1 8 12, 574, 34 13, 193, 55 4. 9 18, 298, 60 9 6 8 4, 391, 594 4, 765, 061 8. 5 6, 552, 795 NWFP 3, 473, 481 3, 619, 894 Area Pakistan Punjab 2000 2003 Increase in % over 2000 47. 8 45. 5 49. 2 4. 2 5, 206, 932 49. 9 Balochistan 841, 033 881, 279 4. 8 1, 110, 162 32. 0 ICT 190, 520 206, 579 8. 4 390, 888 105. 2 FATA 436, 107 499, 921 14. 6 605, 437 38. 0 12. 4 354, 962 184. 0 FANAbased on base 125, 017 *Increase year 2000 140, 484 Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006 7

f. Enrollment & Drop-outs up to Intermediate Level 2000 & 2005 Student Enrolment in Public Institutions 1999 -2000 Up to Class 12 0. 076 Up to Class 10 1. 311 Up to Class 8 3. 074 Dropouts 1999 -2000 2004 -05 Inter & HSSC* Secondary Middle 0. 708 1. 479 3. 323 0. 023 30. 14% 0. 294 22. 41% 24. 5% Dropout Stage Dropouts 2004 -05 15. 7% 15. 68% During Inter/HSSC 0. 111 0. 539 36. 44% 0. 232 0. 753 15. 9% 1. 316 During Secondary (SSC) 39. 60% 0. 528 Up to Class 5 12. 480 Primary 6. 865 14. 829 53. 0% 6. 614 Total: 20. 339 Million 46. 30% After Primary 31. 3% Total: 7. 684 Million Total eligible for enrolment (3 to 16 age group): Enrolment in Public and Private Institutions: Enrolment in Public Sector: Children do not enroll. * Data for Inter/HSSC relate to Academic Year 2000 -01. During Primary Total: 5. 512 Million 1999 -2000 Note: (i) (iii) (iv) After Middle During Middle 4. 641 Total: 16. 941 Million After Secondary 50. 270 million 25. 072 million 16. 941 million 25. 198 million 2004 -2005 52. 256 million 33. 379 million 21. 258 million 18. 877 million 8

g. Enrolment by Gender and Location Province/Area Total Male Female Pakistan 33, 379, 57 18, 981, 213 8 57% 14, 398, 36 5 43% Punjab 18, 298, 60 8 9, 795, 492 54% 8, 503, 116 46% 3, 844, 929 59% NWFP 5, 206, 932 3, 322, 543 64% Balochistan 1, 110, 162 713, 683 64% ICT 390, 888 208, 998 53% FATA 605, 437 440, 285 73% Northern 190, 621 354, 962 Area 54% 464, 662 Source: Census (NEC), 2006 AJK National Education 859, 794 2, 707, 866 41% 1, 884, 389 36% 396, 479 36% 181, 890 47% 165, 152 27% 164, 341 46% 395, 132 Sindh 6, 552, 795 Rural 19, 159, 89 7 57% 10, 374, 09 3 57% 2, 551, 368 39% 3, 936, 925 76% 662, 447 60% 90, 722 23% 605, 437 100% 288, 641 81% 650, 264 Urban 14, 219, 68 1 43% 7, 924, 515 43% 4, 001, 427 61% 1, 270, 007 24% 447, 715 40% 300, 166 77% 66, 321 19% 209, 530 9

h. Vocational and Technical Institutions (Diploma and Certificate Programs) Area Pakistan Institutions 3, 059 Enrolment 238, 687 Teachers 15, 339 1, 455 454 116, 412 57, 855 7, 883 2, 780 NWFP Balochistan 727 48 48, 342 4, 538 3114 451 ICT FATA 54 35 3, 612 1, 520 265 134 FANA AJK 186 100 7, 633 5, 045 272 440 Punjab Sindh Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006 10

i. Number of Deeni Madaris by Enrolment and Teaching staff No. of Deeni Madaris Refusal No. of Deeni Madaris for which Data is Collected Enrolment 12979 826 12153 1549242 58391 Punjab 5459 159 5300 674281 24977 Sindh 1935 119 1816 312693 11951 NWFP 2843 275 2568 336983 12058 769 99 670 65597 2891 77 15 62 10557 657 FATA 135 43 92 14162 481 FANA 1193 39 1154 88540 3160 568 77 491 46429 2216 Area Pakistan Balochistan ICT AJK No. of Deeni Madaris Covered Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006 Teaching Staff 11

Budgetary Allocation for Education (Rs. In Billion) Ministry of Education Higher Education Commission Other Federal Ministries Punjab Sindh NWFP Balochistan AJK FATA FANA Total (Public Sector) Total (Private Sector) Grand Total GDP(mp) (Economic survey 2005 -06) on current factor cost. Education Budget as % of GDP *Estimated 2000 -01 5. 08 2. 90 31. 39 16. 16 11. 35 4. 73 2. 25 1. 49 0. 49 75. 88 12. 00 87. 88 2005 -06 6. 8 22. 20 7. 40 60. 75 28. 90 18. 23 8. 86 3. 75 2. 10 0. 98 160. 00 35. 91 195. 91 2006 -07 9. 55 27. 58 7. 59 83. 97 39. 92 23. 68 9. 63 4. 63 3. 78 1. 39 211. 77 40. 69* 252. 46 3, 863 7, 713 - 2. 27% 2. 53% - Source: Details of demands for grants and appropriations 2006 -07, Go. P, Finance Div. Budget books of the Govt. of Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan and AJ&K for 2006 -07. Official communications from various Federal Ministries/Divisions addressed to the Mo. E. Official Communications from the District Governments to the Mo. E. 12

Reforms Undertaken 1. Uniform academic session from 1 st of September throughout the country. 2. Free education upto Matriculation. 3. Provision of free textbooks. 4. Grant of scholarships and incentives to girl students. 5. English language compulsory from Class-1 onwards. 6. Composite examination at Matric level throughout the country from 2007, province of Sindh will adopt it in 2008. 7. Provision of missing facilities in schools through PESR (Rs. 1. 05 billion for 2006 -07). Continue… 13

8. Introduction of English as medium of instruction for Science, Mathematics and Computer Science. Islamiyat and Pakistan Studies in Urdu in all schools. 9. Social Studies for Classes VI-VIII bifurcated into History and Geography as compulsory subjects. 10. New Scheme of Studies approved and notified with effect from 2007. 11. Budgetary allocations for education increased. Continue… 14

12. New curriculum: C Information Technology / Computer Education from Class-VI. C All duplication in subjects eliminated. C Contents do not reflect thinking of any particular sect / school of thought. C Ethics, moral education and Haqooq-ul-ibad included. C Curriculum upgraded to ensure latest developments / ideas in science and technology. Progressive with vertical and horizontal linkages. C New Groups i. e. Medical Technology Group and Computer Science Group introduced in Class XI-XII. Continue… 15

13. Ordinance issued for regulatory authority for registration of private sector educational institutions. 14. Format of the question papers for the Board examinations revised. The papers will have three parts: i. 20% objective questions. The questions will have multiple choices. ii. 50% questions for short answers. iii. 30% questions for descriptive answers. - During 2006 teachers being trained to prepare children to answer questions on this pattern from 2007. Continue… 16

15. NAVTEC established to ensure: Vocational Schools: at each Tehsil and at industrial clusters. All dropout from schools be encouraged to enroll. ii. Polytechnic Institutes: at District level for matriculates to produce technicians /supervisors. iii. Technical Colleges: 4/5 in each province for F. Sc. qualified students to produce technical graduates. i. Teacher’s status improved, recruitment of female teachers given priority. 17. National textbook policy formulated. 18. Curriculum for the following eleven core compulsory subjects have been revised: 16. Islamiat Urdu English Pakistan Studies History III-XII IX-X VI– VIII Physics Chemistry Biology Mathematics General Science Geography IX-XII IV-VIII VI-VIII 17

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