ESR 2003

1. Education Sector Reform 2003

2. Introduction
Education Sector Reform 2003 (ERS 2003)
Program is built upon the long term
vision of the National Education Policy
1998 – 2010 and ten year perspective
development plan 2001 – 2011
(Shami)

3. Cont
Government of Pakistan has also
formulated its policy its policy for
promoting economics growth.
Education for All (EFA) and Million
Development Goal (MDG) including
poverty in the Interim Poverty Reduction
Strategy(IPRS)

4. Major Area of Education
ERS 2003 was initiated in 2001 ,with systematic
attention on major areas of education such as:
1.Universal Primary Education (UPE)
2.Adult Literacy
3.Vocalization of General Secondary Education
4.Revamping of Science Education
5.Promotion of Technical Education
6. Quality Assurance
7. Mainstreaming of Madrasahs
8. Public Private Partnership
9. Higher Education

5. 1.Universal Primary Education
Target/Reform
• The education for all
emphasize quality universal
Education ,through ensuring
access and increasing
participation rate upto
100% reducing gender
disparity and enhancing
completion rate 70%.
Action Plan
• Promulgation of compulsory
Primary Education Ordinance;
• Improving infrastructure in
existing primary school.
• Initiation of Early Childhood
Education stage in schools.
• Construction of new schools
• Community Basic Education
Schools, and
• Free textbooks for children
and free Braille books to the
visually handicapped people

6. 2.Adult Literacy
Target/Reform
• Under the Reforms National Commission for
Human Development (NCHD) has been set
up with the President of Pakistan as its
Chairman.
• The Commission has developed district-
based infrastructure to reach people. The
task encompasses establishment of literacy
centers through out the country.
• The National plan of action on Education for
All (2001-2015) targets to open 525.000
literacy centers with 118,000 teachers by
2016.
• The literacy program implies district specific
targets, literacy cycle of 6-8 months with due
involvement of mass medic mobilization
campaign.
• The National Plan spells out three phases of
adult literacy plan (2000-15) each phase
comprising five years with overall goals as
under:
Action Plan
• Ensuring thaw the learning needs
of all young people and adults are
met, through equitable access to
appropriate learning, life skills and
citizenship program.
• Achieving 50% improvement in the
levels of adult literacy by 2015,
especially for women, and
equitable access to basic and
continuing education for all adults.
• AIl, especially in literacy, flume racy
and essential life skills, achieves
improving all aspects of the quality
of education and ensuring
excellence of ail so that recognized
and measurable learning outcomes.

7. 3.Vocalization of General Secondary
Education
Target/Reform
• To make education
meaningful and work
oriented technical stream
has been introduced at
secondary school level
Action Plan
• The existing scheme of studies to
be revised to accommodate a
new technical stream along with
Science and Humanities streams,
• Introduction of 34 area/gender
specific trades selected against
specific criteria,
• Development of teaching learning
resource materials, Construction
of workshops in schools and .
• Increasing enrollment from 7 to
50

8. 4.Revamping of Science Education
Target/Reform
• The Reforms aim at
improving quality of
science education by
providing updated science
equipment, professional
growth of teachers and
facilities.
Action Plan
• Constriction’s of science
laboratories,
• Establishment of mathematic
resource rooms,
• Provision of equipment and
consumables,
• Development of video
textbooks,
• Training of head teachers,
managers, master trainers and
teachers.

9. 5. Promotion of Technical Education
Target/Reform
• The Reforms focus
qualitative and
quantitative improvements
of technical education
Action Plan
• Establishment of one
polytechnic at each district
headquarters for boys,
• One polytechnic for girls at
each divisional headquarter,
• One monotechnic for men in
sparsely populated district,
• One monotechnic for women
in thickly populated districts.

10. 6. Quality Assurance
Target
• The Reforms has major
target to improve quality of
education
Action Plan
• Revision of curricula for classes I-XII,
harmonization of teachers training
programs,
• Introduction of multiple textbooks scheme,
• Professional development of planners,
managers, teacher educators, teachers at all
levels,
• Setting up of professional cadre for planning
and management of education,
• Strengthening of teachers training
institutions,
• Examination reforms and setting up of
examination boards in private sector,
• Establishment of national education
assessment system,
• System of academic audit-linkage of grants/
incentives with quality,
• Increase of non-salary budget by 3%
annually.

11. 7.Mainstreaming of Madrasahs
Target/Reform
• The Reforms aim to streamline
the religious, educational
institutions in the country for
enlarging employment
opportunities for their graduates
and making it compatible with
the emerging needs.
• The Reforms advocate to review
and revise curricula of religious
education.
• Pakistan Madrasah Education
Board has been established to
look after the affairs of schools.
Action Plan
• Incentive program to facilitate
teaching of subjects like
English, General Math,
General Science, Computer
Science, Social Studies/
Pakistan Studies at primary
and secondary levels,
• English, Economics, Computer
Science and Pakistan Studies
at higher secondary level.
• One time grant package on
affiliation with Madrasah
Education Board.

12. 8. Public Private Partnership
Target
• The Reforms aim at
improved service delivery
through public private
partnership
Action Plan
• Offering incentive package for private
sector;
• Involvement of private sector in the
management of under utilized public
sector institutions;
• Facilitating grants and soft loans for the
development of education
• Introduction of Adopt School program;
• Maximizing utilization of, public school
buildings by school up gradation in the
afternoon shifts from primary to higher
secondary levels through community
participation project;
• Introduction of information technology
courses in schools through public
private partnership; etc.

13. 9. Higher Education
Target/Reform
• The reforms advocate shift
towards human resource
development through
qualitative and quantitative
improvements of higher
education
Action Plan
• restrictively of research in
institutions of higher learning,
• Professional development of
teachers,
• Increasing access to higher
education,
• Increasing enrollment,
• encouragement for private sector
universities,
• Increasing financial allocations,
up-gradation of science and social
science programs,
• introduction of IT education, etc.

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