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Presentation on

Reforms in School Education, Punjab

31st December, 2013

1. Vision

2. Major Functions

3. Organogram

• School Education Department

• Attached Departments / Autonomous bodies

• Districts

4. School Education at a Glance

5. Provisions of Missing Facilities

6. Budgetary Allocations

Sequence of Presentation

7. Foreign Funding

• World Bank

• DFID

8. Reforms in School Education

9. Achievements

10.Challenges

Sequence of Presentation

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• To develop high quality human resource in Punjab to meet the challenges of globalization and needs of the knowledge economy, ethical citizenry and social justice.

• To increase access, retention and completion of quality education that fosters creativity, critical thinking, teamwork and an entrepreneurial spirit in addition to thorough content knowledge;

• To address gender and geographical disparities;

Vision

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1. Legislation, policy formulation and planning for:(a) Primary education

(b) Elementary education

(c) Secondary and Higher Secondary Education

2. Regulatory policy concerning private sector schools

3. Development and supervision of curricula, syllabi, textbooks and maintenance of standards of education:(d) Curricula and syllabi up to class XII.

(e) Production and publication of text books for class-I to XII.

Major Functions

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4. Staff development including:(a) Pre-service and in-service teachers training

(b) Continuous professional development (CPD)

5. Monitoring and evaluation system:(c) Distribution of free textbooks

(d) Development schemes

(c) Presence of teaching and non-teaching staff

(d) Up-dation of online-access information

(e) Redressal of public complaints

Major Functions

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6. Promotion of quality education through:(a) Punjab education assessment system(b) Student assessment and terminal examination of Grade-V

and VIII elementary education through Punjab Examination Commission.

(c) Grant of scholarships(d) Production and distribution of educational and scientific

films7. Children libraries and libraries affiliated with Children

Library Complex8. Promotion of sports in schools9. Provision of compulsory and free education to all of

age 5-16 years

Major Functions

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10. The matters relating to the Punjab Daanish Schools and Centers of Excellence

11. To promote quality education through public-private partnership through Punjab Education Foundation.

12. The matters relating to the Punjab Teachers' Foundation.

13. Budget, accounts and audit matters.14. Purchase of stores and capital goods for the

department15. Service matters except those entrusted to Services

and General Administration Department.16. Administration of the laws and the rules framed

thereunder.

Major Functions

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Organogram of the DepartmentSecretary

School Education

Additional Secretary (Education

Reforms)

Deputy Secretaries

(01)

Section Officers

(03)

Additional Secretary (Schools)

Deputy Secretaries

(04)

Section Officers

(10)

Additional Secretary (General)

Deputy Secretaries

(03)

Section Officers

(07)

Deputy Director

(Monitoring)(01)

Assistant Director

(02)

Additional Secretary

(Budget & Planning)

Deputy Secretaries

(01)

Section Officers

(06)

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Attached Departments / Autonomous Bodies

Attached Departments

• Directorate of Staff Development

• Children Library Complex, Punjab

• Punjab Education Assessment System

• Director Public Instruction (SE), Punjab

• Director Public Instruction (EE), Punjab

• National Education Equipment Centre

• National Museum of Science & Technology

AutonomousBodies

• Punjab Textbook Board

• Punjab Curriculum Authority

• Punjab Examination Commission

• Punjab Education Foundation

• Punjab Teachers Foundation

• Punjab Daanish Schools and Centers of Excellence Authority

• Center Model School, Lower Mall

• PMIU– PESRP

Autonomous Institutions

receiving grants

• Cadet College Hasan Abdal

• Sadiq Public School Bahwalpur

• Lawrence College Ghora Gali

• Boys Scouts and Girls Guide Associations .

• Cadet Colleges, Pasrur, Chakwal and Okara

• APWA (All Pakistan Women Association)

Districts

Secretary School Education

36-EDO (Edu)

37-DEO(SE)

High Schools Higher secondary

schools (Girls / Boys)

37-DEO (EE-M)

133-Dy. DEO (EE-M)

486-AEO (M)

Boys Primary Schools

Boys Middle Schools

37 DEO(EE-F)

133-Dy. DEO(EE-F)

486-AEO(F)

Girls Primary School

Girls Middle Schools

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School Education at Glance

School Level Schools Enrolment Teachers

Higher Secondary 635 69,245 20,600

High 5,923 1,069,047 119,367

Middle 8,030 2,121,371 78,643

Primary 39,347 7,380,668 113,604

Total 53,935 10,640,331 332,214

School Education at a Glance

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Description Development Non-Development Total

School Education 15.500 15.699 31.199

Punjab Education Foundation 7.500 - 7.500

Punjab Educational Endowment Fund 2.000 - 2.000

Daanish Schools 3.000 - 3.000

District Governments - 165.000 165.000

Grand Total 28.000 180.699 208.699

(Billion Rs.)

Budgetary Allocations (2013-14)

S# COMPONENT STATUS

1 Out of School Children (5-9 Years)

2.00 million(source: Neilson Survey, 2012)

2 Per Student Cost(Per Year)

Average(Rs. 14679)(Year 2012)

3 Student Teacher Ratio (STR)

Primary: 1:39Elementary: 1:21Secondary: 1:24H. Secondary: 1:17Average: 1:32

School Education at a Glance

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S# Period Development Partners Amount

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2012-15

World Bank US $ 350 million

2 DFID (2012-18) £ 350.3 million

3 CIDA (Yet to be finalized) CA $ 19.3 million

Foreign Funding - Punjab Education Sector Programme (Phase-II)

Reforms in School Education

S# Initiative Cost(Billion Rs.) Achievements

1 Provision of Missing Facilities 19.96 10822 schools completed

2 Upgradation of Schools 10.86 2452 schools

3 Free Textbooks 9.00 50 million students benefited.

4 Grant-in-Aid to School Council 6.40 50,000 schools benefiting annually.

5 Quality Examination and Assessment 2.20

7 million students examined in 5th & 8th Class through Punjab Examination Commission

6 Teachers’ Incentive 2.00 Monetary Rewards

Reforms (2008 to 2013)

Cont’d……

S# Initiative Cost(Billion Rs.) Achievements

7Public Private Partnership through Punjab Education Foundation

17.00- Support to low cost private schools- 3300 partner schools / 1.3 million

students in current financial year.

8In-Service and Pre-Service Teachers Training. 8.90 400,000 Teachers trained

9Provision of IT Labs in High Schools 5.00 4286 IT Labs established

10 Recruitment of Teachers - About 81,000 teachers recruited.

11 Provision of Girls stipends 5.06 0.4 M Girl Students in selected 16 Low Literacy Districts

12 Transfer Policy

13 Rationalization Policy

Reforms (2008 to 2013)

…… Cont’d

Cont’d……

S# Initiative Cost(Billion Rs.) Achievements

14 Non-salary Budget

15Establishment of Curriculum Authority 2012

16Daanish Schools and Centres of Excellence 7.00 14 Daanish Schools & 8 Centres of

Excellence established

Achievements (2008 to 2013)

…… Cont’d

Cost of All Types of Missing Facilities (All Girls and Boys Schools)

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Type of Missing Facilities Quantity Unit

CostTotal Cost

(Rs. Million)1 Classrooms 76,034 0.790 60,066.860

2Student without Furniture 3,417,773 0.002 6,835.546

3 Boundary Wall 5,013 0.650 3,258.450

4 Toilet Block 1,950 0.200 390.000

5 Drinking Water 1,016 0.050 50.800

6 Electricity 10,797 0.150 1619.550

TOTAL 72,221.210

Provision of Missing Facilities

Development Plan for 2013-14 (All girls schools in Punjab and boys schools

in 11 Southern Districts)

S#Type of Missing

Facilities Quantity Unit Cost Total Cost (Rs. Million)

1Student without Furniture 2181075 0.002 4,362.150

2 Boundary Wall 2,835 0.650 1,842.750

3 Toilet Block 1,252 0.200 250.400

4 Drinking Water 764 0.050 38.200

5 Electricity 8,092 0.150 1,213.800

Total 7,707.300

Strengthening of School Councils

• Composition– Minimum 9, maximum 17– Head Teachers + Teachers + Brother or Sister of

student above 18 years of age + Parents + Notables of area and etc.

• Annual Grant in Aid– Rs. 20,000 for Primary School– Rs. 50,000 for Middle School

• ICT Based Capacity Building– 50% schools of five districts (Attock, Chiniot, Lodhran,

Sargodha and Jhelum

Per Capita Financing (PCF) Formula(Non-Salary School Based Budget)

• Components– Fixed School Allocation

– Student retention premium

– Basic student entitlement

– Furniture need

– Building operations

• 2013-14 (9-Districts)– Chakwal, Chiniot, Khanewal, Muzaffargarh, Nankana,

Okara, Sargodha, Sialkot, R.Y. Khan– Rs. 3.5 Billion allocation for NSB in CFY

• 2014-15 (18-Districts)• 2015-16 (36-Districts)

Rationalization of Teaching Staff

• Rationalization policy has been framed

• Re-allocation of teaching staff from overstaffed to understaffed schools

• Attock, Khushab and Lodhran have been selected in the first phase

• To achieve Teacher student ratio at all levels

Transfer of Teaching Staff on Merit

• New Transfer policy 2013

• Marks criteria for transfers (Academic results 40, Service in Far Flung area 20, Seniority 10, Wedlocks basis 15, Compassionate grounds 15)

• Transfer shall be made only against a vacant post

• No transfer in first three years for contract teachers

• No transfer in case of single teacher, science teacher, I.T. Teacher and head teacher without substitutes

Creation of Standardized Assessment System

• Establishment of Punjab Examination Commission as an Autonomous Body through an Act of Parliament in 2010.

• Design and conduct of annual examination at Grade 5 and 8.

• Identification of areas of improvement through research and analysis.

• 2.74 Million students tested in year 2013.

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Name of Programs No. of Schools No. of Students

FAS 2154 1.10 Million

EVS 810 0.14 Million

NSP 428 0.059 Million

Total 3392 1.299 Million

Punjab Education Foundation (PEF)Previous Programs – 2009-2012 (4 Years)

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Name of Programs No. of Students

FAS 1.30 Million

EVS 0.65 Million

NSP 0.26 Million

Total 2.21 Million

Current Expansion Programs 2013-2018 (targets for 5 Years)

Recruitment of Teachers

• 81,000 Teachers have been recruited on merit

• Entry test has been made mandatory from 2013 under Recruitment Policy 2013 approved by CM

• For recruitment of teachers against 29,822 posts NTS (National Testing Service) has been hired through open bidding

• For quality assurance of the test, a firm (IER) has been hired

• Recruitment tests have been conducted by NTS in all districts of Punjab

Daanish Schools

• Daanish schools cater to the overall

development of students belonging to the

marginalized sections of the society with

emphasis on academics, sports, physical

education mixed with social / cultural activities.

Daanish Schools

S# School Name Boys Girls Total

1 Chishtian 406 363 7692 Hasilpur 404 364 7683 Rahim Yar Khan 414 366 7804 Mianwali 214 190 4045 Attock 207 184 3916 D.G.Khan 152 189 3417 Rajanpur 244 210 454

Total 3907

Stipend to Girls Students

• Original stipend program started since 2004– 3,90,000 students benefit from this program annually

– Rs 1.5 billion per year for secondary school female students in 16 low literacy districts on basis of 80% attendance

• Suplemental stipend pilot project) 68 schools of District Bhakkar and Kasur) in June 2013– About 10,500 girls per quarter benefitting from this pilot progarm.

– An enhanced amount of Rs 900/- for class 6-8 students and Rs. 1200/- for class 9-10 students are delivered to eligible students per quarter.

• Branchless banking pilot project (BBPP) in Oct 2013– 44 schools in 3 districts (Okara, Muzaffargarh and Khanewal)

selected for the pilot project

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• Student Attendance has surged to 92% from the baseline of 82.8 % since September 2011.

• Teacher presence has surged to above 90% from the baseline of 80.7 % since September 2011, which is the highest in the region.

• Functioning of Facilities are 91.6% by May 2013 from the baseline of 68.9 % since September 2011.

• Administrative Visits are at above the target i.e 95.4% whereas target is 90%.

• Data collection and third party validation has also reached above 96% all over the Punjab, which itself is a record high.

Achievements

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• Establishment of District Education Authority .

• Enrolment, retention and quality.

• Provisions of Missing Facilities, Rehabilitation of

Dangerous Buildings and Flood Affected

Schools, IT Labs at Elementary & Secondary

level.

• Regulatory Framework for Private Schools.

Challenges

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• Rationalization of Teachers as per standard Student Teacher Ratio (STR) and Workload.

• Timely releases of allocated funds.

• Role of Teachers Unions

• Transfer of Teaching staff on merit

• To ensure teacher presence in class

• To motivate teachers for retention of students and quality education

Challenges

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