National
February 12, 2021
Islamabad: Vice chancellors of the universities and other stakeholders on Thursday presented various suggestions for incorporating in new education policy set to be announced on 23rd March 2021. They also demanded for declaring education emergency across the country and spending four percent of GDP on education.
The speakers were addressing an important online panel discussion successfully concluded here on the topic of Debating Pakistan Education Policy 2021.It was arranged prior to 3rd Rectors Conference 2021. The panel comprising of concerned stakeholders including government officials from Federal Ministry of Education and Professional Training, Vice Chancellors, Central President Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association.
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Stakeholders in Education Warn against Repeated Mistakes
February 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) on Monday organized a consultation meeting on “Inclusive & Quality Education: Recommendations for Education Policy 2021’, in which the participants welcomed the government’s announcement seeking recommendations about the Education Policy 2021 from stakeholders in the Education Sector and from citizens at large.
In the meeting, Dr. Yaqoob Bangash, Dr. A H Nayyar, Zeeba Hashmi, Anjum James Paul, Peter Jacob, Dr. Afshan Human, Abraham Murad & Anjum James Paul among other participants belonging to the educational institutions mainly researchers, educationist rights activists reiterated long-standing historical commitment to the advancement of education that seeks to establish dignity and social development of all human beings.