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Education in Pakistan is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education and the provincial governments, while the federal government mostly assists in curriculum development, accreditation and the financing of research and development. Article 25-A of the Constitution of Pakistan obligates the state to provide free and compulsory quality ...
Right to Education Pakistan, also known as RTE Pakistan or simply RTE, is an advocacy campaign for equal education rights for all children in Pakistan. The RTE campaign stems from low enrollment levels in Pakistani schools, and low literacy levels (especially among Pakistani females) depicted by the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER).
Although education for women in Pakistan is a right since 1976 there is still a sizable gender gap, specifically in higher education for women. From data collected in 2003-2004 enrollment of women in bachelor's degree programs was 43.5% as compared to their male counterparts who had an enrollment of 56.49%.
— Malala Yousafzai, 24 January 2009 BBC blog entry In February 2009, girls' schools were still closed. In solidarity, private schools for boys had decided not to open until 9 February, and notices appeared saying so. On 7 February, Yousafzai and her brother returned to their hometown of Mingora, where the streets were deserted, and there was an "eerie silence". She wrote in her blog: "We ...
Boards of Intermediate and secondary education in Pakistan are responsible for conducting intermediate and secondary education examinations. These boards set their educational policy under the supervision of the provincial education ministry. [1] This list of education boards in Pakistan shows their year of establishment, jurisdictions ...
Karachi has both public and private educational institutions. Most educational institutions are gender-based, from primary to university level. Karachi Grammar School is the oldest school in Pakistan and has educated many Pakistani businessmen and politicians. The Narayan Jagannath High School in Karachi, which opened in 1855, was the first ...
Shahid Siddiqui (professor) Dr. Shahid Siddiqui is a Pakistani academic, [1] educationist, [2] researcher, and writer. He served as Lecturer at Virtual University of Pakistan , Lahore and Vice-Chancellor of Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad from 2014 to 2018. [3] [4] [5] He was succeeded as VC AIOU by Dr. Nasir Mahmood in October 2018. [6]
The 1962 East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) Education movement was a movement by students against the education policy recommended by Sharif Commission, official name Commission on National Education, to President of Pakistan, Ayub Khan. The policy would have made English and Urdu mandatory subjects.