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Political Parties Dialogue The Right to Education – Article 25-A . Youth Parliament of Pakistan (YPP)stance on basic education. Youth Parliament Members from Islamabad. M. Atique Khokhar (YP11 -ICT01) Yasir Riaz (YP12-ICT02). Article 25a.
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Political Parties DialogueThe Right to Education – Article 25-A Youth Parliament of Pakistan (YPP)stance on basic education
Youth Parliament Members from Islamabad. • M. Atique Khokhar (YP11 -ICT01) • YasirRiaz (YP12-ICT02)
Article 25a Article 25a of the amended Constitution of Pakistan guarantees the right to education Millennium Development Goals • To ensure access of free and compulsory primary education to all children • To eliminate gender disparity in in primary and secondary education
Priorities of Political Parties In party manifesto of five largest parties (PPP, PML-N ,PML-Q, MQM and ANP) in 2008 election • All mention their commitment to ‘education for all’. • Only two mention girls’ education as a specific area needing attention. • Just two mention their commitment to increased funding for education. • Only one addresses the issue of language of instruction.
Problems and issues • One-thirdof primary age children, are not in school at all. • Around35 percent of those children who do attend school and make it to grade 3 cannot do single digit subtraction. • Drop out rate is very high • Each day around a quarter of the country’s teachers do not turn up to school
Missing facilities at public institutions Source: National Education Census
Reasons • Lack of commitment by Government • Lack of transparency in whole system • Poor school facilities • Accessibility issues • Gender disparity • Poor experience • Issue of medium of instruction
What we need…!!! • A sustained political will • A Narrative of Reform in whole system
Way forward • National public advocacy campaign to create awareness in community and in parents • High level political commitment • Clear understanding about medium of instruction • Strong monitoring system
Way forward • Consensus among political parties to make the constitutional right to an education a reality • each province needs a core group that will get under the hood of education issues, exploring the technical aspects of what needs fixing and how
Implementation ! • The entire system should then turn its attention to the biggest challenge of all which – to hammer home the point – is implementation, implementation, implementation.
