1 / 11

Status of Early Learning in Pakistan

Status of Early Learning in Pakistan. National Education Policy Proposed Actions. ECE age group shall be recognized as comprising 3 to 5 years. Provision of ECE shall be attached to primary schools which shall be provided with additional budget, teachers and assistants for this purpose.

taurus
Download Presentation

Status of Early Learning in Pakistan

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Status of Early Learning in Pakistan

  2. National Education Policy Proposed Actions • ECE age group shall be recognized as comprising 3 to 5 years. • Provision of ECE shall be attached to primary schools which shall be provided with additional budget, teachers and assistants for this purpose. • For ECE teachers, a two-year specialized training in dealing with young children shall be a necessary requirement. This training shall be on the basis of the revised ECE National Curriculum. • The curriculum and support material for ECE shall take account of the cultural diversity of particular areas.

  3. Curriculum Curriculum

  4. STRUCTURE Higher Secondary Schools (age 16-17) Secondary High Schools (age 14-15) Middle Schools (age 11-13) Elementary Elementary OR Primary (age 6-10) Pre-Primary (age 4-5)

  5. NUMBERS!!! • Total Enrolment in pre-primary is 8.5 million (44% girls) DROPOUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. Policies and Promises into ActionImplementation Challenges • Multi grade schools (approximately 60%) • Poor infrastructure and lack of resources • Lack of qualified teachers • Community prefrence for female teachers in early grades and shortage of female teachers in rural/remote areas • RESORCE ALLOCATION – Not a priority! • Lack of understanding among policy makers, implementers

  7. The Good Story • Punjab province has initiated early childhood centers in selected schools and has allocated resources for ECE • Training of ECE in pre-service is being prioritized • Pilots across the country with very good lessons have built capacity of government officials and teachers in all 4 major provinces

More Related