EDUCATIONAL POLICIES

1947
Major Recommendations:
● Free and compulsory education for all
● Integration of Islamic values within education
● Strong focus on science and technical education
Implementation Challenges:
 The policies faced difficulties due to factors like a large influx of immigrants and
administrative challenges of a new nation.
 Consequently, the British colonial education system continued for a significant
period.
1959
Major recommendations:
 Compulsory Education up to 10 years of age with Religious education included in
three stages; 1. Compulsory at Middle level, 2. Optional at Secondary level, 3.
Research at University level.
 Equal educational expansion for boys and girls
 Promote character building
 National language as medium of instruction
 Three years degree program
 Elimination of Illiteracy
 Establishment of University Grant Commission
 Curriculum of should be flexible
 Curriculum should align with student’s mental abilities and interests.
 Set up of Text book board by ministry of education.
Implementation:
While the commission's recommendations were valuable, their full implementation
faced challenges due to limited resources and the country's prevailing conditions.

1970
Silent Features
 Emphasis on Ideological Orientation
 Emphasis on Science and Technology Education
 Decentralization of Educational Administration
 Eradication of Illiteracy
 Formation of National Education Units
Implementation Challenges:
 The policy's implementation was hindered by several significant events:
 War with India
 Separation of East Pakistan
 Collapse of the military government
1972
Silent Feature
 Promoting the ideology of Pakistan
 Achieving universal education
 Ensuring equality in education
 Focusing on Personality development
 Aligning curriculum with the socioeconomic needs of society.
 Integrated science and technical education
 Encouraging active participation of teacher, students, and parents
 Nationalization of educational institutions
 Free and universal education up to class 10 for both boys and girls.
Implementation
This Policy was a good approach towards betterment, but has many drawbacks due to
which it cannot be achieved thoroughly e.g:
 Universal basic education
 Shift towards Agra-technical studies etc
1979
Major Aims and Suggestions
 Fostering loyalty to Islam
 Creation of concept of Muslim Ummah
 Inclusion of Islamic content and National cohesion and Integration
 Promotion and linking of Science and Technical education
 Equal opportunities
 Curriculum revision
 Merging madrassa and traditional education
 Urdu as a medium of education
 Effective participation of community in literacy programs
 Separate set up for male and female
 Emphasis given on practical and creative activities for attitude and skill
development at primary level
 Textbook board reorganization for efficiency and Enhanced Liaison with
National book foundation
 Enhancing curriculum development through research and field testing
 Enriching educational experience; supplementary materials for students and
teachers
 Implementation of revised curricula in phase manner
 National and Provincial collaborative effort in curriculum development with
students and teachers
 Enhancing effectiveness of provision of laboratory equipment and instructional
aids
 National education Council’s standing Committee will review and improve the
curricula and textbooks
Implementation
This policy was not implemented due to:
 Lack of Planning
 Lack of Financial resources
1992
Major Aims and Goals
 Promotion of Islamic Values
 Improvement in Women education
 General and Technical education at secondary level
 Demand Orientation Curriculum
 Expended span of graduation and post-graduation
 Enhancement of literacy by private sector using AV aids
 Initiating a new curriculum development cycle for improved education delivery
 Promoting enquiry, creativity, and progressive thinking through Project-oriented
education
 Strengthening linkage among curriculum, textbook writing, teacher’s training,
and examination
 Revision of science curricula to meet evolving knowledge demands
 Enhanced emphasis on mathematics and science education and include
mathematics as a compulsory subject up to F.Sc level
 Collaborative crash programs for science and maths teacher’s training
 Inclusion of special mathematics course for social science students
 Enhancing communication skills through improved language teaching
 Enhancing content quality in social sciences education
Implementation
This Policy could not be implemented due to change in Political scenario of country.
1998
Major Objectives and Suggestions
 Make Quranic principles and Islamic practices as part of the education and
upgrading the quality of Denni Madaras
 Achieve Universal education
 Expand and meet the basic educational needs of every individual
 Ensure equal opportunities of higher education
 Laid emphasis on diversification
 Make curriculum development a continuous process
 Introduction of ideas of multiple text and comprehensive monitoring system
 Development of National testing service
 Expansion and emphasis on Technical and science education
 Introduce Teacher’s training programs both pre and in servise
 Uniform Curricula for all public and private sectors
2006-2007
Key Features
 Alignment of learning objectives with student’s learning outcomes (SLOs)
 Progressive learning approaches across educational stages (primary, middle,
secondary, and tertiary)
 Integration of life skills: Vertical and Horizontal connections across subjects
 Promotion of creative writing and analytical thinking in education
 Guidelines for effective curriculum delivery for teachers and textbook writers
 Providing assessment and evaluation guidelines in the specified curriculum
2009
Major thrust areas of ESR
 Free and Universal Primary education
 Free Textbooks
 Equal access to opportunities of learning and improving all aspect of quality
education
 Introduction of new educational curricula and computer course at all level
 Development of training learning resources and materials
 Offering incentives for private sectors
 Strengthening of research in higher education and grant for affiliation of
madrasas