Five year plans of Pakistan

Submitted by: iqra naveed

m.Phil edu

Definition of plan:

A plan is a typically any procedure

used to achieve an objective. It is a set
of intended actions, through which one
expects to achieve a goal .

What is planning

Is the process of thinking

about and organizing the
activities a desired goal. It
involves the creation and
maintenance of a plan.

PUBLIC SECTOR PLANNING IN PAKISTAN

In Pakistan all the public sector

planning is being carried out through
Planning Commission of Pakistan and
its supporting bodies. From this point
forward all the text will deal with
planning commission, its machinery,
and its planning methods in the
country.

History of Planning Commission of Pakistan

Soon after independence in 1947, the

Government of Pakistan decided
toadopt planning methodology for rapid
development of the countrys resources
leading to the economic and social wellbeing of
thepeople.Immediatestepswere,
therefore,takentoestablishnecessary
machinery forthepreparation and
implementation of plans.

DevelopmentBoard

a Development Board was

established early in1948 in
Economic Affairs Division to
deal with questions of rapid
economic development of
the country.

Planning Board

The Government of Pakistan set up a

Planning Board on 18th July, 1953 to
prepare a more comprehensive
national plan of development,
with Mr. Zahid Hussain, ex-Governor of
State Bank of Pakistan as its first
Chairman and two other members.

PERMANENT NATIONAL PLANNING BOARD/PLANNINGCOMMISSION

A permanent National Planning Board was

established in April, 1957. The Board
consisted of a Chairman and two members
one of whom was designated as Deputy
Chairman. The Prime Minister assumed the
office of the Chairman.
, the Board was required to promote research,
statistics, surveys, investigation and
evaluation as wellas to advise
theGovernment about policyand problems in
various fields ofnational development.

Major Functions of the

Planning Commission

Preparation of national plans for the

economic and social development of
the country
Formulation of an Annual Development
Programme (ADP) within the
framework ofNational Medium-term
and Annual Plans
Recommendations of adjustments
inthe National Plans

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Evaluation of on-going andcompleted

projects
Evaluation of general socio-economic
situation and coordination ofpolicies;
Monitoring and implementation of the
plans and the major development
projects andprogrammes,

Types of plan

Perspective plan
25 years
Midterm plan
years
Rolling plan
years
Annual plans
year

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04 - 7
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BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF FIVE YEAR PLANNING IN PAKISTAN

First five year plan

Second five year plan

(1955-1960)
(1960-1965)

Third five year plan

(1965-1970)

Fourth five year plan

1975)

(1970-

Fifth five year plan

1983)

(1978-

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Seventh five year plan

(1988-1993)

Eighth five year plan

(1993-1998)

Ninth five year plan

(1998-2003)

Ten year perspective

Development Frame work

(2001-2011)

First five year plan

(1955-1960):

a system of universal primary

education is imperative(urgent).
free and compulsory primary
education, including for girls,
The Plan proposed to add 4000 new
schools to the 15,602 already in
existence in the country

Cont

raising the percentage of trained

teachers in primary schools from about
65 to 85 percent
increase school enrolment by about
600,000 to one million children, and
raise the primary enrolment rate from
43 to 49 percent.

Second five year plan (1960-1965):

It proposed to raise the proportion of

children in the 6-11 age group attending
school from 42.3 to 50 per cent
. It provided for the opening of 15,200
new primary schools, in addition to the
18,000 existing ones.
Improving the curriculum content,
provision of teaching aids, and teacher
training also received considerable
attention.

Third five year plan (19651970):

to provide an educational system which
would facilitate transition into an era of
science and technology, promote political,
social and economic development and bring
the countrys spiritual and cultural heritage
into harmony with the contemporary world;
to provide the youth of the country with
conditions conducive to the full-fledged
development of their individual capacities
and character;

cont

to raise the quality of education at all

levels so that it may properly fulfil its
nation building tasks. Evaluating the
Second Plan, it stated that.

Fourth five year plan(1970-1975):

It declared that education will be made

free and universal up to Class X for all
children throughout the country
The plan construct 61,000 additional
class-rooms for primary classes, train
150,000 teachers
literacy centres will be established all
over the country in schools, factories,
farms, union council halls and other
community places."

Fifth five year plan(1978-1983):

reduce the drop-out rate,

improvement in the quality of teaching
and better supervision.
renovation and expansion of 17,166
existing schools.
In addition, 12,641 new schools would
be opened

cont

The selection of new schools would be

based on detailed survey and mapping
to ensure optimum locations.
village and mohallah mosques will be
utilized to teach primary classes .
Buildings in urban areas will be more
intensively utilized by increasing
double shift working

Sixth five year plan(1983-1988):

Utilization of mosques to accommodate

Classes I to III of new schools and overcrowded existing schools;
Provision of school buildings both for
existing and shelter less schools and for
classes IV and V after completing class III
from mosque schools;
Construction of sheds/buildings in urban
areas to supplement the space available
in the mosques for opening new schools;

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Introduction of the system of mixed enrolment in

all new and existing schools in classes I to III;
Provision of separate girls schools wherever
mixed enrolment is not possible;
Provision of two teachers in each mosque school
including the Imam, and one teacher each for
class IV and V in all schools against the present
system of one or two teachers for all five classes;
Creation of a separate implementation agency for
primary education at Federal, Provincial and
subsequent levels.

Seventh five year plan(1988-1993):

improving the physical as well as

human resource infrastructure by
providing buildings to shelterless
schools, and by adding class rooms in
over-crowed schools.
The Seventh Plan will provide simple and
locally manufacture furniture in all new
primary schools. Primary school teachers
will be give salaries to match their
qualifications.

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The Plan proposed to provide every

child in the age group of 5 to 9 access
to a school within a radius of 1.5
kilometers

Eighth five year plan (1993-1998):

Universal access to primary education for all

boys and girls of 5-9 year of age.

Removing gender, and rural -urban

imbalances. Qualitative improvements of
physical infrastructures, curricula (by making
the courses demand-oriented), textbooks,
teacher training programmes, and
examination system at all levels of education.

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a primary school will be established for

a settlement of more than 300
population
Activity oriented instructional material
will be developed and provided to
teachers to make the learning process
interesting
Quality of teachers will be improved
through better pre-service and inservice training

cont

primary school level will be minimized

by reducing the dropout rate and
improving the efficiency of the system
through better supervision and with
the involvement of local community
Efforts will be made to reduce the
disparities in availability of the
schooling facilities for boys and girls,
both in rural and urban areas,

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highest priority will be given to opening

of girls primary schools in all such
villages where there is a boys school
but no girls school,
To increase the girls participation,
textbooks will be provided free of cost
to all girls of grade I in the rural areas,