National Education Policy Being Devised To Bring Uniformity In Existing System: Prime Minister Imran Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the National Education Policy Framework was being devised to bring uniformity in existing fragmented and apartheid system of education.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Nov, 2018 ) :Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the National Education Policy Framework was being devised to bring uniformity in existing fragmented and apartheid system of education.

Chaired a briefing on National Education Policy Framework here at Prime Minister's Office, he said that objective of the policy was to create a nation and to put a fair system.

The Prime Minister emphasized that skill development of the youth should be especially focused so that the immense potential of the youth could be effectively utilized.� The briefing was attended by Minister for Federal Education Shafqat Mahmood, Punjab Education Minister Murad Rass, Adviser Education KP Zia Ullah Bangash, federal and provincial secretaries for education and senior officers.� Minister for Federal Education & Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood gave a detailed presentation on the National Education Policy Framework identifying various challenges vis-a-vis out-of-school children, education apartheid, quality of education and skill development issues.

He said that National Education Policy Framework (NEPF) was being formulated with an objective to ensure that all children have a fair and equal opportunity to receive a high quality of education in order to achieve their full potential.

Highlighting the contours of the National Education Policy Framework, the Minister said that optimum utilization of the existing infrastructure, employing technology solutions, improvement in non-formal education systems, attracting quality teachers and incentivizing the education were some of the measures in the proposed framework that would significantly help enhancing school enrolment and addressing the issues of out-of-school children.

The Minister also suggested establishment of a National Curriculum Council for the purpose of engaging and creating broad consensus among stakeholders for common standards of education across Pakistan.Education Minister Punjab Murad Rass and Advisor Education KP Zia-ullah also briefed the Prime Minister about the future roadmap in education sector and highlighted various short, medium and long-term measures to introduce qualitative change in the education sector.