PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government approved a wide ranging education reforms package aimed to provide each and every child quality education at par with any developed country or standard private sector education institutions in the country.
This approval was given during a briefing of the Working Group on Education Sector Reforms. The recommendations of the Group were presented before the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Parvez Khattak. PTI Chairman Imran Khan, Provincial Ministers Mohammad Atif, Shahram Khan Tarakai, Habibur Rehman, Shaukat Ali Yousafzai, MPAs Miraj Hamayun Khan, Mushtaq Ghani, PTI leader Jahangir Khan Tarin, MNA Dr Azhar Khan Jadon, Chief Secretary Mohammad Shahzad Arbab, Secretary Education Judat Ayaz were also present on the occasion.
The chairman PTI on this occasion stressed the need for bringing each and every child of the province to school regretting that despite all claims and promises we still have over three million children out of our schools coupled with high rate of dropouts. Therefore, he said, "we must launch a comprehensive and effective campaign to admit these children into schools whichever way possible."
The recommendations of the Group included viable and practicable proposals for provision of quality education in public sector education institutions, performance-based recognition, peaceful working conditions and environments for the teachers, teachers training, medium of instructions, quality text books and effective curricula, the establishment of an independent education commission, an independent and transparent monitoring system where no proxies can be used as modern technology like tablets and smart phones will be utilized. It provides for filling up all vacant posts of teachers purely on merit and transparent manner, quality assessment, revamping curricula, text books, text book boards, addressing the problems of private sector educationists, management and governance of schools.