Five year plans of Pakistan Submitted by: iqra naveed

m.Phil edu

Definition of plan:

A plan is a typically any procedure used to achieve an objective. It is a set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal .

What is planning

Is the process of thinking about and organizing the activities a desired goal. It involves the creation and maintenance of a plan.

PUBLIC SECTOR PLANNING IN PAKISTAN

In Pakistan all the public sector planning is being carried out through Planning Commission of Pakistan and its supporting bodies. From this point forward all the text will deal with planning commission, its machinery, and its planning methods in the country.

History of Planning Commission of Pakistan

Soon after independence in 1947, the Government of Pakistan decided to adopt planning methodology for rapid development of the country’s resources leading to the economic and social well-being of the people. Immediate steps were, therefore, taken to establish necessary machinery for the preparation and implementation of plans.

Development Board

a Development Board was established early in 1948 in Economic Affairs Division to deal with questions of rapid economic development of the country.

Planning Board

The Government of Pakistan set up a Planning Board on 18th July, 1953 to prepare a more comprehensive national plan of development,

 with Mr. Zahid Hussain, ex-Governor of State Bank of Pakistan as its first Chairman and two other members.

PERMANENT NATIONAL PLANNING BOARD/ PLANNINGCOMMISSION

A permanent National Planning Board was established in April, 1957. The Board consisted of a Chairman and two members one of whom was designated as Deputy Chairman. The Prime Minister assumed the office of the Chairman.

, the Board was required to promote research, statistics, surveys, investigation and evaluation as well as to advise the Government about policy and problems in various fields of national development.

Major Functions of the Planning Commission

Preparation of national plans for the economic and social development of the country

Formulation of an Annual Development Programme (ADP) within the framework of National Medium-term and Annual Plans

Recommendations of adjustments in the National Plans

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Evaluation of on-going and completed projects

Evaluation of general socio-economic situation and coordination of policies;

Monitoring and implementation of the plans and the major development projects and programmes,

Types of plan

Perspective plan 10 – 25 years

Midterm plan 04 - 7 years

Rolling plan 03 years

Annual plans 01 year

BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF FIVE YEAR PLANNING IN PAKISTAN

First five year plan (1955-1960)

Second five year plan (1960-1965)  Third five year plan (1965-1970)  Fourth five year plan (1970-

1975)  Fifth five year plan (1978-

1983)  Sixth five year plan (1983-

1988) 

cont Seventh five year plan (1988-1993)

Eighth five year plan (1993-1998)

  Ninth five year plan (1998-

2003)  Ten year perspective (2001-2011) Development Frame work

First five year plan (1955-1960):

a system of universal primary education is imperative(urgent).

free and compulsory primary education, including for girls,

The Plan proposed to add 4000 new schools to the 15,602 already in existence in the country

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raising the percentage of trained teachers in primary schools from about 65 to 85 percent

increase school enrolment by about 600,000 to one million children, and raise the primary enrolment rate from 43 to 49 percent.

Second five year plan (1960-1965):

It proposed to raise the proportion of children in the 6-11 age group attending school from 42.3 to 50 per cent

. It provided for the opening of 15,200 new primary schools, in addition to the 18,000 existing ones.

Improving the curriculum content, provision of teaching aids, and teacher training also received considerable attention.

Third five year plan (1965-1970):

to provide an educational system which would facilitate transition into an era of science and technology, promote political, social and economic development and bring the country’s spiritual and cultural heritage into harmony with the contemporary world;

to provide the youth of the country with conditions conducive to the full-fledged development of their individual capacities and character;

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to raise the quality of education at all levels so that it may properly fulfil its nation building tasks. Evaluating the Second Plan, it stated that.

Fourth five year plan(1970-1975):

It declared that “education will be made free and universal up to Class X for all children throughout the country

The plan construct 61,000 additional class-rooms for primary classes, train 150,000 teachers

literacy centres will be established all over the country in schools, factories, farms, union council halls and other community places."

Fifth five year plan(1978-1983):

reduce the drop-out rate, improvement in the quality of teaching

and better supervision. renovation and expansion of 17,166

existing schools. In addition, 12,641 new schools would

be opened

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The selection of new schools would be based on detailed survey and mapping to ensure optimum locations.

village and mohallah mosques will be utilized to teach primary classes .

Buildings in urban areas will be more intensively utilized by increasing double shift working

Sixth five year plan(1983-1988):

Utilization of mosques to accommodate Classes I to III of new schools and over-crowded existing schools;

Provision of school buildings both for existing and shelter less schools and for classes IV and V after completing class III from mosque schools;

Construction of sheds/buildings in urban areas to supplement the space available in the mosques for opening new schools;

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Introduction of the system of mixed enrolment in all new and existing schools in classes I to III;

Provision of separate girls schools wherever mixed enrolment is not possible;

Provision of two teachers in each mosque school including the Imam, and one teacher each for class IV and V in all schools against the present system of one or two teachers for all five classes;

Creation of a separate implementation agency for primary education at Federal, Provincial and subsequent levels.

Seventh five year plan(1988-1993):

“improving the physical as well as human resource infrastructure by providing buildings to shelterless schools, and by adding class rooms in over-crowed schools.

The Seventh Plan will provide simple and locally manufacture furniture in all new primary schools. Primary school teachers will be give salaries to match their qualifications.

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The Plan proposed to provide every child in the age group of 5 to 9 access to a school within a radius of 1.5 kilometers

Eighth five year plan (1993-1998):

Universal access to primary education for all boys and girls of 5-9 year of age.

  Removing gender, and rural -urban

imbalances. Qualitative improvements of physical infrastructures, curricula (by making the courses demand-oriented), textbooks, teacher training programmes, and examination system at all levels of education.

 

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a primary school will be established for a settlement of more than 300 population

Activity oriented instructional material will be developed and provided to teachers to make the learning process interesting

Quality of teachers will be improved through better pre-service and in-service training

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primary school level will be minimized by reducing the dropout rate and improving the efficiency of the system through better supervision and with

the involvement of local community Efforts will be made to reduce the

disparities in availability of the schooling facilities for boys and girls, both in rural and urban areas”,

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highest priority will be given to opening of girls primary schools in all such villages where there is a boys school but no girls school,”

“To increase the girls participation, textbooks will be provided free of cost to all girls of grade I in the rural areas,”