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学校教育与巴基斯坦社会变革

Jul 1, 2015 Muhammad Nawaz Sharif

伊斯兰堡—教育，尤其是学校教育的重要性怎么强调都不过分。中小学教育的普及与加快经济增长、减少贫困和增强收入平等直接相关，而教育更是与社会的多样化和包容性、人力资本的升级、机会的增加以及自由与福利的巩固紧密相关。因此，作为巴基斯坦总理，我将教育普及作为国家日程的重中之重。

教育影响人们认识周边世界、理解问题以及寻找问题解决方案的方式。教育让人们更加能够认识到他们的权利与义务，影响他们如何在社区内与人互动以及与国家和国家机构互动。最重要的是，教育让人们能够批判性思考和质疑传统智慧，从而让他们超越偏见、传说和历史传统的桎梏。

从这个角度讲，教育是社会进步的重要推动力量。教育也是实现我在两年前开始执政时所作的承诺的关键——为巴基斯坦建立新的社会变化框架，这个框架将确保所有国民机会公平和社会正义，停止剥削穷人、阻碍他们发挥潜力。

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Khalid Khattak Jul 5, 2015

Dear PM,

Your say certainly matters and this is indeed a great initiative by you to speak publicly on this important subject. It is hoped this will not be just a one timer but a constant push from you which is indeed a dire need to streamline affairs of our country's education sector.

I want to draw your attention towards a very significant aspect visavis education for all i.e., the laws by our provincial governments for Right to Education (RTE).

Dear PM, its been over five years since insertion of Article 25-A in the Constitution of Pakistan which promises free and compulsory education to children of the age of five to sixteen years across Pakistan. Except the province Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), other provinces have introduced laws under the Article 25-A. However the rules of business are still missing owing to which the implementation of these laws is impossible. The need is to push the KP government to introduce the RTE law and others to introduce rules of business at the earliest.

Dear PM, we already missed most of the six EFA goals and now is the time to gear up for the post-2015 agenda and to ensure that we achieve as many goals as possible by the year 2030.

Thank you.
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Akhter Khan Jul 3, 2015

The rule of thumb: spending more is the solution to the education rut in Pakistan.
Some recommendations which will bring betterment and save some money and time and bring good results. Frist of, education should be taken back from Provinces. As it has left them totally confused and given the excuse to the poorer provinces that a well off Punjab has the luxury of spending more which the remaining three provinces cannot afford. Secondly, education should be a national issue in Pakistan. It is high time that the Federal Government should take the responsibility of universalizing the education in Pakistan under the aegis of the United Nations and making it to the standard of OECD countries instead of regionalizing it in running the schools through different mediums, i-e Urdu, Balochi, Punjabi and other regional languages.
The system is so different that students from Sindh learn from their curriculum the Constituent Assembly Address of Quaid which tells them their identity of religion vanished the day Pakistan came into being and they have to continue as Pakistanis onward. While in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the birthday cakes and triangle shaped trees are removed under the impression that it will help preach Christianity in the students.
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ayesha shaukat Jul 3, 2015

Mr PM,
We have the second largest out fd school population in the world. What have you done? Your (party's) provincial government has used up unspent education funds for building roads and dodgy contracts for infrastructure.
This is just a case of making the right noises before the summit. We Pakistanis know your commitment to the cause.
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Baela Jamil Jul 3, 2015

The Prime Minister of Pakistan's bold oped ahead of Oslo Education Summit is a window of hope where a country leader acknowledges publicly that all is not well, boldly stating why he has decided to upgrade 'universal education' as an essential pillar for social change. He has committed to high quality learning for those in school and addressing with urgency the right of those 6 million out of school. A progressive pathway to doubling the education budget to 4% of GDP through progressive measures (raising tax to GDP ratio /new modes of domestic financing/transparent agreements/concessions on extractive industries) is also welcome as are comments on ending extremism and violence against children and youth - pushing for critical thinking ' questioning established wisdom..rising above prejudice, ..and restrictive historical legacies'. We hope that the PM and his capable teams will also support our suggestion for a Pak-China Education Corridor mirroring the Pak-China Economic Corridor as a strategy for sustainable human development for the next 50 years as a win-win program mobilizing both external and domestic financing; -where education clusters will sustain industry and growth clusters; there is no better way to offset education emergencies than working in unison across sectors - that is what the 2030 comprehensive SDGs demand meeting head on the fulfillment of education as a fundamental constitutional right; that is what the people of Pakistan want.. Very proud of our PM's bold statements on education - this is the boldest yet in 2 years! Baela Raza Jamil -a Concerned Citizen Activist ITA -ASER Pakistan - Vice Chair Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report- Member Advisory Boards Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Ed) and UIS email: itacec@gmail.com
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Pauline Rose Jul 2, 2015

The Prime Minister's commitment to education is vital to overcome the serious challenges to Pakistan's education system that he rightly highlights. As my paper together with Rabea Malik for the Oslo Summit on Education and Development shows, Pakistan can only achieve its target of 4% GDP to education if it reforms the tax system: tax revenue only reaches around 9% of GDP currently. In addition, finances within provinces need to be redistributed to those districts facing the greatest disadvantages. These actions will go a long way to ensuring all children and young people are in school and learning. For more information, see our paper: ; http://www.osloeducationsummit.no/pop.cfm?FuseAction=Doc&pAction=View&pDocumentId=63340
And a summary is available in our blog: http://www.globalpartnership.org/blog/can-pakistan-afford-quality-education-all-its-children-and-young-people
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