The document outlines the goals, objectives, and key policy areas of Pakistan's 2017 education policy. The three main goals are character building based on Islamic values, promoting Pakistani nationhood and integration, and expanding access to education. Some key objectives include achieving universal primary education, improving early childhood education, advancing science and technical education, and improving the quality and efficiency of the education system. The policy focuses on several areas including early childhood development, expanding primary, elementary, and secondary education, technical and vocational training, curriculum reforms, and promoting interfaith harmony.
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