EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN

PAKISTANPAKISTAN

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN

PAKISTANPAKISTAN

Presented By:

• NAME: M.SHOAIB• ROLL NUMBER: M-13414• SECTION: (A)

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF PAKISTAN

• INTRODUCTION• PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES• GOVENMENTS ROLE• UNICEF’S ROLE IN DEVELOPEMENT

INTODUCTIONThe advent of Information Super highway expansion that education needs no longer be limited to face-to-face learning. Learners can choose their own places, time and mode of study. The education institutions are no longer considered the sole provision of knowledge. Information Technology will continue to be pervasive and multidimensional in providing access to learning.

Goals CORE:The National Strategy for the

Education Sector is to be a comprehensive plan of action supported by a number of commissioned background papers. The core/action plan is meant to be a clear concise accessible document that communicates an umbrella that can frame specific schemes and guide interaction with the private sector.

Political Commitment in Education:

Government stands committed for developing a comprehensive policy for education integrated within National IT Policy, good governance and poverty reduction strategy.

Provision in Education Policy:

• Computer literacy shall be spread among all educational planners and managers and will be made an integral part of all management training courses conducted at Federal, Provincial and District Levels.

• School curricula shall be reviewed to include recent development in information technology.

• Computer education shall be made a compulsory component for all training program into education sector.

Objectives OF Government

• to increase productivity, efficiency and effectiveness of the management system

• to be an enabler to reduce the digital gap between the haves and have-nots.

• Function in education as a teaching and learning tool, as part of a subject, and as a subject by itself.

Initiatives:

• Online computer linking Federal and Provincial Department of Education in phase-I and expanding to Districts in phase-II for direct access to information and EMIS from districts and provinces.

• Website of Provincial Education Departments and the Ministry of Education are in place with information on policy, programs and budget.

• Government of Punjab has identified the Ministry of Education for implementation of e-government.

• Intel trained 38,000 government teacher and master trainer.

Existing Infrastructure For IT education

• 5 Internet café per 10,000.

• IT infrastructure in 1000 locations.

• 7000 Institutes for primary to tertiary education have established IT labs.

• A vigorous and comprehensive IT driven regime in tertiary education is fully underway.

Information & Communication Technology has enormous role for

sustainable education development in Pakistan. We have to develop a National Strategy for integration of ICT to support

education in Pakistan.

UNESCO’s Role in Educational UNESCO’s Role in Educational DevelopmentDevelopment

Overview • Background and Current Situation• Goals• Process for Developing the National

Strategy for the Education Sector, leading towards implementation.

• Information which would be useful.

Background and Current Situation ICT in Education is now a priority with the

Government Background of ESRA and website Agreement with the Ministry of Education Realization that there are many pockets of

effort with no co-ordination, resulting in poor distribution of financial resources, duplication of effort, lack of knowledge etc.

Specific Targets

The National ICT Strategy should identify specific opportunities where concentrated effort has the potential to yield significant results – such as by targeting civil service institutions and changing their curriculum.

What can the National Strategy do? Build consensus among all levels of

stakeholders

Identify opportunities for connecting initiatives and objectives of other ministries.

ICT should not be an end in themselves, but a means to an end.

Process: Step One Identified Key Areas for Studies in order to

establish the reality of the situation. These areas are:

•  Environmental Scan – what is the readiness of ICT in Pakistan, where are the opportunities?

• Current Infrastructure of:– Schools in terms of student population, staff

training, geographical location and resources– Utilities like electricity, power, communication

Process: Step One (contd…)

• Future Plans e.g.– What are the plans for infrastructure?– Wireless networks– Radio Frequency Allocations– Bandwidth– Digital library project– Computers in schools– Web-based training programs– Linking various government departments through

online communication– Professional Development

Process: Step One (contd…)

• Identify list of every activity going-on in Pakistan e.g. – INTEL’s Teach to the Future Program and – Microsoft’s Partners in Learning initiative.– Provincial Governments– Schools - Public & Private– NGOs & Corporations

Process: Step Two

Conduct Pilot projects to TEST out the reality of the situation.

Example:Videoconferencing for Distance Education

ESRA Responsibilities• Conduct Pilots & report its findings• ESRA will draft the Strategy, and co-ordinate with the

authors who have been contracted or commissioned to write the background papers

• synthesize the feedback from the Advisory Board• finalize the commissioned papers• Lead and Convene the meetings at various levels• Finalize the National ICT Strategy• After approval by the Steering Committee, present the

final document, and disseminate the plans• possibly arrange a high level national level conference

• THANK YOU