Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training RanaTanveer Hussain has said that the Education Ministry was ensuring that an inclusive approach is taken to devise strategies that benefit students, teachers and parents in every province. He was presiding over the 36th Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) on Tuesday.
RanaTanveer in his opening remarks said that the meeting was going to play an instrumental role in developing synergies for providing access to education in all corners of Pakistan. He reiterated that IPEMC’s contributions were going to be significant in the enrollment of Out of School Children (OOSC) and multiple distance learning interventions.
He emphasized the importance of developing a framework for data sharing as well. He also assured the provinces that maximum facilitation would be given to them for reaping benefits from these projects. Secretary Education WaseemAjmal informed the participants about the grants provided to provinces under ASPIRE project during the current and previous fiscal years to facilitate disadvantaged areas for educational access. He informed the attendees about the flagship initiatives related to distance learning, Out of School Children, Curriculum reforms and foundation learning conferences of MOFEPT and how the provinces could contribute towards their implementation for optimum results.
The meeting proceedings started with a comprehensive overview of the National Distance Education Strategy comprising vision, learning goals and objectives was also carried out during the meeting. The strategy was fully endorsed by the provinces and they assured the Ministry of complete alignment of their plans with the strategy. Education Ministry representative delivered a presentation on the enrollment of Out of Schools Children (OOSC) at the Federal and Provincial Levels.
The Ministry informed that a model Universal Enrollment Pilot Project in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) had already been rigorously launched in collaboration with implementation partners and secretaryeducation was monitoring the progress on a day-to-day basis. It was also informed that the initiative was focusing on bringing down the OOSC to zero in ICT by 30th June 2023.
