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Policies in Pakistan
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Education Policies in Pakistan: Politics, Projections, and Practices

Shahid Siddiqui
This book is an attempt to study the education policies in Pakistan in a critical and holistic
manner. The book discusses in detail the rationale of education policy and the process of its
planning.  It offers sociopolitical context for education policies to understand their processes
of planning and implementation. The book selects major themes in education policies, e.g.,
Vision and Goals, Universal Primary Education, Literacy, Female Education, Language Issues,
Higher Education, Technical and Vocational Education, Special Education, Religious and
Madrassah Education, Curricula and Textbook, and Teachers and Teacher Education tracking
each theme through policies from 1947 till 2009, when the last education policy was offered. 
 This is a most thorough and comprehensive account of educational policies as they have
historically emerged in Pakistan. It places these policies within the social, religious and
economic context of Pakistan, and does so both critically and constructively. In pointing out the
difficulties encountered, it also draws lessons, and therefore points to future direction of policy
in the light of the well-researched evidence. This book reflects a profound knowledge of the
educational system, and must be a key reference for everyone engaged in educational policy in
Pakistan.  Also, given the global interest in educational systems and comparative education, the
book should appear on the reading lists world-wide.
Dr. Richard Pring
Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford, UK
 Shahid Siddiqui’s book  focuses explicitly on the real world of curriculum, teaching, and teacher
education while directly confronting contextual political forces and factors that affect policy
implementation.  Readers will learn more from this book than from many of the worldwide
analyses of the gap between national educational theory and practice.  While the book is aimed
at a Pakistani audience it deserves an international readership.
 Dr. Michael Connelly
 Professor Emeritus, OISE/ University of Toronto, Canada
 This is the first full-length study of a very important subject, namely the history and analysis of
educational policies in Pakistan. Among its many virtues are that it looks at all aspects of such
policies: religious education, vocational education, female education, education for the
challenged and so on. Such a book has long been awaited and fills in a major gap in our
knowledge. The scholarly world should be indebted to Shahid Siddiqui, the author, and the
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Dr. Tariq Rahman
Professor & Dean, Beacon house National University, Pakistan
AUTHOR DESCRIPTION
Shahid Siddiqui obtained his Ph.D. in Language Education from the University of Toronto,
Canada, M.Ed. TESOL from the University of Manchester, U.K., and M.A. English from Punjab
University. He has been involved with the educational system of Pakistan as a teacher,
teacher educator, and researcher. He has worked in such prestigious universities  as the Aga
Khan University (AKU), GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Lahore
University of Management Sciences (LUMS), and Lahore School of Economics (LSE).
Presently he is acting as Vice Chancellor of Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad. His
areas of interest include socio-cultural aspects of language, gender, educational change, and
critical pedagogy. His published books include, Rethinking Education in Pakistan: Perceptions,
Practices, and Possibilities (2007), an Urdu novelAdhe Adhoore Khawab (2010), Education,
Inequalities, and Freedom: A Sociopolitical Critique (2010), andLanguage, Gender and Power:
The Politics of Representation and Hegemony in South Asia (2014).

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Adil Ashary 1y
Materials Engineering, Fuel Cell, Coatings: Thermal Spray, EBPVD and Diffusion, Corrosion,
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An excellent review and analysis

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Tajuddin Sharar 4y
Program Manager at FIELD

Respected Sir, no doubt a significant work and worth reading. Congratulations! Dear
Sir, is it available in the market?
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Dr. Dr. Shakeel Aslam Baig 5y

Professor of Persian at GC Township, Lahore, Pakistan
Shakeel
Aslam
Its great effort in this curriculum. congratulations
Baig
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Rai Rai Noor 5y

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Great Dr. sahb. I want to see you if you allow me?

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Dr Dr Muhammad 5y
Associate Professor at AIOU
Muhammad

Really its a great contibution for professionals

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Sadia Shaukat 5y
Sadia Educationist at Avenues of Learning
Shaukat
Excellent Book, Congratulations
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