The National Education Policy, which has been informally tabled before Cabinet on August 5, is likely to be approved in the next couple of days, sources revealed to The News.
According to the sources, the Education Policy, after facing many hiccups, is now planned to be formally presented before the Cabinet as a one-item agenda in its upcoming meeting.
It is for the first time that it would be presented as a one-item agenda unlike last time where it was presented along 32 other items which also included the bill regarding the changes in standard time, the source said.
They denied the rumours regarding the disapproval of the draft saying that the draft largely received a nod from the relevant quarters and would be approved in the next couple of days.
The draft of the policy is said to be finalised after taking consultations with four provinces, their chief ministers and the educationalists. According to the information, before the finalisation of the policy draft, a series of 23 green papers were prepared on different topics by the National Education Policy Review (NEPR) teams that were widely disseminated to stimulate discussion and get feedback.
The process included field visits to 31 representative districts, one national and seven provincial/area education conferences, 10 issue-based focused group discussions and extensive consultations with educationists from all over the country.
Previously Wafaq-ul-Madaris expressed its reservation over the draft saying that no prominent religious organisation had been taken into confidence while compiling the draft after which the ministry has included a chapter of Islamic Education after consultation with the religious stakeholders.
We have tried our level best to satisfy all the relevant quarters but it would not be realistic to expect each and every one to be satisfied, he said.
While talking about the controversies on the proposal regarding the Madrassah Regularity Authority to be handed over to the Ministry of Interior, he said that it was the decision by the prime minister and the ministry could not do anything in this regard.
Obviously we cant force the prime minister to take his decision back, he said while adding that the ministry would be happier if the authority was handed over to it.
He further said that the policy document was termed as Living and adaptable hence prone to changes at every stage and at every moment as it is clearly stated in its chapter 11 that Implementation is conceived as a continuous process of review, implementation, monitoring, feedback and adjustments as considered and agreed necessary during the course of implementation, he said.
Ministry of Education Planning and Policy Wing Deputy Educational Advisor (DEA) T M Qureshi when contacted by The News conceded that they were expecting the approval of policy within a week. It is something good to hear that the draft would be presented as a one-item agenda as it never happened before, he said.
Talking about the controversy regarding Madrassah Regularity Authority he said that it was a decision taken on higher level and ministry has nothing to do with it.
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