PAKISTAN'S EDUCATION PATHWAY

WITH OVER 20 MILLION CHILDREN out of school, Pakistan clearly lags behind the Sustainable Development Goal of- reaching the 90% literacy rate by the year 2025-

The greatest part of which comprises of mediocrity of government-run schools and institutions where the problem is twofold:

Firstly, policies mostly remain focused on the elementary and secondary education.

Further, due to the difference between the curriculum taught in private and government institutions, students from government schools find it hard to secure a job equivalent to one offered to a graduate from renowned private university.

However, many international education reform programmes are now working with the government schools.

All this raises the questions about the programmes and policies, writes Aman Ahmad,...........  *that ministry of education and the department concerned have planned and implemented*.