Present Govt Keen To Focus On Education Sector Issues: Shafqat Mahmood

Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood Monday said that education is the top priority of this government as its main targets are bringing the 25 million out of school children to schools, introducing a uniform education system and curriculum, providing quality education and skill development.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Oct, 2018 ) :Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood Monday said that education is the top priority of this government as its main targets are bringing the 25 million out of school children to schools, introducing a uniform education system and curriculum, providing quality education and skill development.

He said this during a meeting held here with Ms. Ellen Van Kalmthout, Chief Education UNICEF Pakistan and Mr. Edward Davis, Senior Education Adviser DFID, a press release said.

The Minister said a lot of work has been done on the education policy and it will be introduced soon.Neq policy will help in achieving these targets.

He informed the delegation that the Federal Education Ministry and its attached departments will also be organized in such a way that will be reflective of our priorities in education sector. "Once our Education Policy is formulated we will also seek technical and financial assistance from UNICEF, DFID and other such organizations working for promotion of education in Pakistan.

"Ms. Ellen Van Kalmthout and Mr. Edward Davis said that enrollment of the out of school children is their organization top most priority and will provide both technical and financial support to the government of Pakistan in this regard. "We will provide technical support to Pakistan by providing a report that calculates the cost of inaction on the enrollment of the out of school children and their adverse impacts on Pakistani Society and Economy, the cost of enrollment of these children, ways to target the children and allocation of funds for this purpose", added the foreign delegates.

The Minister and visiting delegation agreed on keeping regular contact & coordination for addressing the challenges in education sector in Pakistan.