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2. Goals, Objectives and key area of
education Policy
Wajahat Hussain

3. Introduction:
This topic include comprehensively lists overall goals, objectives, targets
and key policy areas of the education policy. It sets the objectives and
highlights the key focus areas of each of the sub-sectors of education
and literacy right from early childhood education to higher education.
The sub-sector wise objectives and focus areas cover quantity, quality
and management.

4. Goals of Education Policy 2017
 Character Building
Taleem (Seek, Use and Evaluate Knowledge), Tarbiyya (Social, Technical, Moral and
Ethical Training) and Tazkyya (Purification of Soul) are three pillars of the policy.
Character building on the basis of universal Islamic values integrated with ethical
values relevant to all human beings.
 Pakistani Nationhood and nation integration.
Promote and foster ideology of Pakistan .
 Right to education: expanding access
Honour national and international commitments in education and literacy.

5. Cont…
 Quality of Education & Institution Building
Quality assurance, Promote culture of research and
innovation, valid and reliable examination system
 Enhancing Education Budget
 Science and Technology

6. OBJECTIVES
 Promotion of Early Childhood Education
 Achieving Universal Primary Education
 Provision of Free Elementary and Secondary Education
 Non-Formal Education (NFE), Online and Distance Learning (ODL)
 Advancement of Science, Technical and Vocational Education
 Towards A Literate Pakistan
 Advancement of Science, Technical and Vocational Education
 Improving Quality and Efficiency of Education System

7. Cont…
 Facilitating Private Sector Education
 Promoting Use of Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs)
 Achieving Gender Equality in Education
 Reforms for Quality
 Reforms for Quality
 Selection, Recruitment, and Capacity building of Teachers
 Libraries & Instructional Technologies
 Languages and Medium of Instruction

8. Cont…
 Mass Mobilization & Community
 Physical Education, Sports and Games
 Public Private Partnership
 Reforms in Assessment and Examination System
 Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Guiding and Counseling
 Increasing Education Budget

9. Key Areas of Education Policy 2017
 The new education policy will focus on the following Key Areas.
 Ideology based Vision and Mission aimed at Unity, Faith and
Discipline.
 Character building through Taleem, Tarbiyya and Tazkia.
 Holistic development of child (Physical, Social, Intellectual, Moral,
Spiritual and Cognitive etc.)
 ECD: Comprehensive Early Childhood Education and
Development (3-5 years age group children) assigning priority to 4
– 5 years age group.
 Primary Education

10.  Elementary Education: Expansion of Elementary (middle
level VI – VIII) Education through both formal and non-
modes of education.
 Non-Formal Education: Effective short-term non-formal
education programs to be developed and used to speedily
integrate students in the formal system of education.
 NFE and ODL for Secondary Education: Expansion of
Secondary level education through formal and distant
learning programme.
 TVET: Introduction of Technical and Vocational education in
non-formal middle level schools.

11.  Capacity building of Education Personnel
 Curriculum Reforms and Standard Setting
 Elimination of Disparities: Gender equity and parity and
remove geographical imbalances in provision of education
training.
 Interfaith Harmony: Promoting tolerance, respect for
difference of opinion and interfaith harmony
 Research and Innovation: Creating a culture of research and
innovation in universities
 Success Stories and Good Practices: Replication of success
stories and good practices in education and training at local,
national and global levels.

12. Cont…
 Literacy and Lifelong Learning
 Financing of Education
 Quality Initiatives
 Higher Education
 Research & Development (R & D) at Tertiary Level