PakistanÂ’s varsity enrolment among worldÂ’s lowest
Monday, June 05, 2006
Monday, June 05, 2006
By Shahzad Malik
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is ranked amongst the lowest in the world in higher education enrolment, with just 2.9 percent of students enrolled in universities in 2005.
According to the Economic Survey of Pakistan (2005-2006) released here on Sunday, the current adult literacy rate is 53 percent and net enrolment at primary level is 52 percent. Government spending on education in 2005-06 was just 2.1 percent of GDP, way below the regional average.
The survey said that the government intends to double higher education enrolment over the next five years by increasing the capacity of existing higher education institutions and also establishing new ones. The quality of education provided is not up to the mark, which can be gauged from the fact that not a single Pakistani university is ranked among the top 500 universities of the
world.
According to the survey report, the government introduced several initiatives to improve the education system including free education up to matriculation, free textbooks, providing missing facilities in schools and grants of scholarships to girls.
The report said a uniform academic year starting from September 1 will be introduced in 2007. Composite exams at secondary level will be introduced in 2007 and at higher secondary level from 2009. English language has been made compulsory from class one and English has also been set as the medium of instruction for science, mathematics, computer science and other subjects. Marks allocated to practical exams in science and social science subjects will be reduced from 25 percent to 15 percent in 2007, and the format of board exams will be revised by 2007.
In terms of madrassa reform, the survey says the government simplified the registration process for madrassas and the Interior Ministry
introduced an effective procedure for fund distribution, under which many madrassas applied to provincial/area governments for financial assistance. Some 58 seminaries in Azad Kashmir were cleared for financial assistance and cheques were distributed to 36 registered seminaries in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
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