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Here is the official material on NEP-2009
http://www.moe.gov.pk/nepr/NEP_2009.PDF |
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Let's have a discussion on following question,
Evaluate the National Education Policy of 2009 by highlighting it's salient features. How can we improve the education standard of people of Pakistan? Try to comment under following headings, 1. Basic theme of Education Policy 2. How it evolved - need for new policy 3. Comparison with old policy 4. Positive and negative sides of the policy 5. Impact 6. Difficulties in it's implication -------- Salient Features of NEP 2009:According to Ministry of Education, following are the salient features of National Education Policy 2009 Apart from due emphasis on governance issues and implementation framework, some distinct features of the policy are mentioned as under: A. Policy Actions to Improve Access and Equity in Education i. Dakar EFA Goals and MDGs relating to Education shall be achieved by 2015. ii. Introduction of Early Childhood Education (3-5 years) and encouraging inclusive and child-friendly education. iii. Primary education official age shall be 6 to 10 years. iv. Universal and Free Primary Education including all education related costs v. Equity in Education (gender, geographical Urban-Rural areas) shall be promoted. vi. Maximum age limit shall be waived off for recruitment of female teachers. vii. All Primary schools shall be upgraded to Middle level, where feasible. viii. Well- developed plans for expanding school basic facilities shall be prepared. ix. Grades 11 and 12 shall not be part of the college education and merged into the school education. x. High priority shall be given to reduce drop out rates at all levels. xi. Governments shall establish “Apna Ghar” residential schools in each province to provide free high quality education facilities to poor students. xii. Every child, on admission in Grade I, shall be allotted a unique ID that will continue throughout his or her academic career. xiii. The definition of “free education” shall include all education related costs. xiv. Access will be extended by ensuring availability of TVE at district and tehsil levels. Relevance to Labour Market shall be ensured. xv. Enrolment in higher education sector shall be raised from existing 4.7 percent to 10 percent by 2015 and 15 percent by 2020. B. Policy Actions to Improve Governance and Management in Education i. Planning, Management and Implementation Capacity in education sector at all levels shall be enhanced. ii. Sector Planning in Education shall be promoted and each Provincial/ Area Education Department shall develop its sector/ sub-sector plan, with facilitation and coordination at federal level. iii. A system for donor harmonization for aid-effectiveness and improved coordination between development partners and government shall be developed. iv. Fragmented governance of education at federal and provincial levels including literacy shall be managed under one organization. v. Separate academic & educational management cadres with specified training and qualification requirements shall be introduced. vi. In order to bridge Public-Private divide, governments shall take steps to bring harmony through common standards, quality and regulatory regimes. vii. A common curriculum framework shall be applicable to both public & private educational institutions. viii. Deeni Madaris shall be mainstreamed by introducing contemporary studies alongside the curricula of Deeni Madaris, to enhance prospects of their students to pursue higher studies, research and excellence and to ensure employment, recognition and equivalence of their degrees. ix. Minimum National Standards for educational inputs, processes and outcomes shall be established. x. The Governments shall commit to allocating 7% of GDP to education by 2015 and necessary enactment shall be made for this purpose. xi. Inter-Provincial Education Ministers’ (IPEM) forum shall be institutionalized, with legal mandate to oversee implementation of NEP and making amendments in it, when required. C. Policy Actions to Improve Quality and Relevance of Education i. A Bachelor’s degree, with a B.Ed. shall be the requirement for teaching at the elementary level. PTC and CT shall be phased out through encouraging the present set of teachers to improve their qualifications, while new hiring shall be based on the advanced criteria. ii. Teacher training arrangements, accreditation and certification procedures shall be standardised and institutionalised. iii. Governments shall take steps to ensure that teacher recruitment, professional development, promotions and postings are based on merit alone. Waiver of maximum age limit for recruitment of female teachers, wherever required. iv. Curriculum development shall be objective driven and outcomebased. The curriculum development and review process shall be standardised and institutionalised. v. Professional Councils like Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) and Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) shall be involved for relevant curriculum development. vi. Use of Information Communication Technologies in Education shall be promoted. vii. Environmental education shall be made an integral part of education. viii. Emerging trends and concepts such as School Health & School Safety, Prevention Education against HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, Life Skills Based Education, Population and Development Education, Human Rights Education including gender equality, School Safety and Disaster and Risk Management, Peace Education and inter-faith harmony, detection and prevention of child abuse, etc shall be infused in the curricula ix. Curriculum Wing of Ministry of Education and provincial textbook boards shall ensure elimination of all types of gender biases from textbooks. Also adequate representation of females shall be ensured in all curriculum and textbooks review committees. x. A well regulated system of competitive publishing of textbooks and learning materials shall be introduced. xi. Federal and Provincial / Area Governments shall increase investments in school libraries, provide supplementary reading materials and teacher guides. xii. Examinations systems shall be standardised to reduce differentials across students appearing in different boards of examinations. xiii. Basic standards for school facilities including playground shall be established by 2012 to improve school environment. xiv. To create an order for excellence in the country, a “National Merit Programme” shall be introduced to award bright students. xv. Career Counselling at secondary and higher secondary level shall be initiated. xvi. Matric-Tech stream shall be re-introduced and scheme of studies revised accordingly. xvii. A framework setting out the basic standards for school facilities and teaching aid materials shall be established by 2012 and shall form the basis for allocation of funds. xviii. Sports activities shall be organized at the Secondary, Higher Secondary, College and University levels and a system for monitoring of sports and co-curricular/ extra-curricular activities shall be established by all provincial and area governments. xix. A special Cell shall be established in the Ministry of Education for this purpose. Higher Education Commission will look after all such activities at the Universities’ level. xx. NEP 2009 puts special emphasis on skill development and provision of quality Technical Vocational Education (TVE). xxi. Matching with labour market, develop linkages with industry, innovation and promotion of research and development (R&D) culture are hall marks of NEP 2009 and make it distinct from previous policies. xxii. The policy proposes National Qualifications Framework (NQF) with a changed program structure that encompasses all qualifications in the country, both academic and vocational/technical. xxiii. TVE Curriculum will be revised to meet new challenges. Private sector will be encouraged to participate in promotion of skill development. xxiv. Investment on higher education shall be gradually increased to 20 percent of the education budget, on the assumption that the total education budget grows to 7 percent of GDP by 2015
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aoa problem in opening the mentioned link for new edu. policy.please suggest something : )
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Problems of Education in Pakistan
Historical Bakcground a) Pre Partition b) Post Partition Education System of Pakistan a) Primary Education b) Secondary Education c) Higher Education Problems in Education System a) Medium of Instruction b) Unhygenic School Environment c) Unskilled Teachers d) Phantom Schools e) High Dropout rate f) Low Enrollment rate g) Inadequate Physical and other facilities h) Flaws in Examination System i) Politics in Education i) Student Organizations ii) Teachers' selection and posting iii) Curiculum iv) Examination j) Female illiteracy k) Lack of diversification in Education l) Stratification of Education m) Unemployment Suggestions to Meet the Challenges a) Quality Education for all b) Public-Private partnership c) More allocation of funds d) Destratification of education e) Decenteralization of education with strong monitoring system f) Improved Teachers' selection criteria and skilled teachers g) Examination system - to check learning not cramming Conclusion
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