National Education Policy 1992

Mohammad Moosa

Structured on the basis of “Guide Line” provided by the PM’s directive on 10th Feb 1991Federal Minister of education Announced the policy on 20th December 1992Formulated with consultation of teachers, parents, scholars, lawyers, journalists, students representative of public.Planning, Finance and Education ministries and provincial departments were involved to set bench-marks, targets, and implementation.

National Education Policy 1992

1) Promotion of Islamic, social, political, economic & ethical order in society through education.

2) Emphasize women education3) Making curricula to satisfy the needs of learner

in the modern scientific and technological world

4) Creating competitiveness in society for meeting the challenges of the 21st century

5) Open up avenues for the participation of the private sector in educational development.

Framework and Objectives

1. Structuring the society as dictated by the teaching of Islam.

2. Universalizing primary education, eliminating the drop-out and fulfilling the basic learning needs, by the year 2002.

3. Raising the literacy ratios to 70% by the year 2002 through extensive adult education programs of functional literacy.

4. Rationalizing the problem of medium of instruction.5. Inviting the private sector for participation in

educational programs and allowing progressive disinvestments of educational institution.

Aimed at bringing following changes

I. Opening non-formal education to non-governmental

II. Achieving 100% literacy in selected districtsIII. Setting up model schools male and female in

ruler areasIV. Introduction compulsory social service for

studentsV. Using general schools as technical schools in

the evening shift to capture the drop-outs of general education

Key elements of the policy were