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Education policy 1992

The National Education Policy 1992 aimed to increase participation in education across Pakistan and set targets to reform the education system. It recognized primary education as a fundamental right and sought to increase enrollment rates and transform primary education into basic education up to class VIII. The policy emphasized strengthening women's education through new formal and non-formal approaches. It also aimed to modernize curriculums at all levels of education and increase funding for research in sciences and technology.

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Education Policy 1992
National Education Policy 1992  The participation rate at various levels of education had been very low in Pakistan. The National Education Policy 1992 was another attempt to streamline the process of education which was a victim of various external and internal problems. So, this policy was designed by assessing future needs and demands of the country, particularly in primary education and adult literacy. Furthermore, it served as a conceptual frame work for future EFA (Education For All) strategies and programmes and set the following policy targets.
Primary Education:  Primary education was recognized as a fundamental right of every Pakistani child and would be made compulsory and free in order to achieve universal primary education, reduction in dropout rates, and fulfillment of the basic learning needs by the end of the decade.  In due course of time, primary education would be transformed into basic education (elementary education extending to class VIII). The participation rate at primary level would be increased from 66.3% to 99.1% in 2002.
Education for Better Living:  The existing provision of Islamic education formed the basis for the development of new curricula. The religious education was so directed as to facilitate students to learn high ethical and moral values encoded in the spirit of Islam. It also prepared them, at the same time, as members of a healthy, enlightened and forward-looking society.
Women Education:  This policy stressed on strengthening women’s education as well. To improve the female education, innovative approaches, both in the formal and non-formal sectors were emphasized. Recognizing the difficulties regarding this vital issue, it stressed on the increased access of females to general and vocational education through a wider spread of educational facilities.
Policy Statements:  Liberal funds shall be provided for holding national and international seminars, conferences and workshops for social sciences, natural sciences and technology.  Those researchers, who generate information and processes for the development of new technology, shall be appropriately rewarded.  The library of Quaid-e-Azam University will be raised to the status of a national library of science and technology.  Provinces will be encouraged to set up institutes of higher science and technology.
Policy Statements:  All university administrators will be required to undertake training in management of higher education.  All curriculums will be modernized, in order to accommodate new knowledge and new disciplines.  Universities teachers doing research and producing M.Phil and Ph.D. students will be granted a research allowance.  Universities may offer a package of incentives in the form of better salaries and research grants to highly qualified teachers.
Policy Statements:  A ten-year programme for Higher Education development will be prepared by the UGC.  Twenty new universities, 4 in Public Sector and 16 in the Private Sector, will be opened, to meet the rising demand for Higher Education.  At graduate and post-graduate levels of education, compulsory teaching of elementary mathematics, statistics, computers, and philosophy will be introduced for those majoring in social sciences subjects.  A Dean of Students Affairs will be appointed in each educational campus, for promoting and regulating the co-curricular activities of students.
Policy Statements:  A campus security force will be established at each campus.  Such Student Clubs which could enhance academic excellence, sharpen intellectual activities and promote creativity, will be encouraged.  Parents and Alumni Associations will be organized on each campus, for seeking periodical advice about maintaining discipline on the campus.  The Vice-Chancellor will be vested with full authority to expel a student, if he/she is not satisfied with their conduct and behavior. The rule of 80% attendance of classes will be strictly
Conclusion:  The different Education Policies clearly bring out that there has been concern regarding the need to reform education. However, the implementation has never matched the fine words of the policies. Financial allocations have been inadequate. The result is that in Pakistan, Education generally and Higher Education, in particular gives the looks of abandoned child.