PM approved setting up of Education Task Force

Pakistan education task force setup

PM approved setting up of Education Task Force
Islamabad, Dec 16: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has approved the setting up of Pakistan Education Task Force on the recommendation of the Education Ministry.

According to a notification issued here Tuesday by the Education Ministry, Shahnaz Wazir Ali and Sir Michael Barber are the co-chairs of the Task Force.

Other members include the Education Ministry secretary, Saba Gul of Planning Commission, Finance Ministry representative, NCHD chairman, secretaries of schools of Balochistan, NWFP, Punjab and Sindh, education secretary of AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, director (education) of FATA, Dr Muhammad Memon of IED Karachi, former Punjab finance minister Shahid Kardar, Dr Fareeha Zafar of Society for Advancement of Education, Lahore, Mehnaz Aziz of Children Global Network, Islamabad, Member Board of Directors Citizen's Foundation Ahsan Saleem, representative of Religious Education, and two international experts, each nominated by USAID and DFID, UK.

The objective of the task force will be to increase the capacity of the federal and provincial governments to implement the education reforms set out in the National Education Policy.

The task force will support the federal and provincial ministries, and prioritise and identify clear goals for improving the school system. The task force will also set targets for improvement and cascade them out through the system.