The education department in
Balochistan is developing a strategy to improve access to, and quality of,
education.
Below is an article published by Pakistan
Observer:
Balochistan education department is
in the process of evolving a comprehensive strategy which will equally focus on
increasing the children’s access to education infrastructure and improving the
quality of education across the province.
Provincial Education Secretary
(Schools) Ghulam Ali Baloch while speaking at a briefing about Balochistan
Education Information Management System (BEMIS) here Saturday acknowledged the
grey areas in existing educational data collection system providing room to
ghost teachers and schools but vowed that the department will soon remove all
hindrances in way of compiling accurate information on education sector in
order to enable the department to make pragmatic plans and ensure their
effective implementation.
He termed the perfect baseline data
of a particular location inevitable to make the uplift scheme for inhabitants
of that area inevitable and said the present government instead of the
political rhetoric believes in sustainable development of the education sector.
He said the department has its own mechanism for counter verification of the
details compiled by BEMIS which have also been put on its website.
“These details include number of
public sector educational institutions along with their location, sanctioned
teaching staff, enrolled students and facilities across the province”, he said
and invited the members of civil society, media men and the people of all walks
life to share with the department’s high ups if they find any physical
difference with that of the details the department had put on its website.
“This would not only help get the
department rid of ghost teachers and educational institutions but also ensure
facilities to these institutions as had been projected in the website”, he
added. To a query about alleged corruption in education funds, he assured that
effective efforts were being made to ensure fair utilization of the funds
besides getting the education department rid of corrupt officials.
Referring to exorbitant fees charged
by private sector educational institutions, the provincial education secretary
regretted that no legislation had so far been made to regulate these
institutions. He, however, assured that the department would soon propose for
enacting law to regulate the privately run educational institutions and
religious seminaries to bring them in mainstream.
Earlier, Data Analyst of BEMIS Salam
Rasool briefed the meeting about various stages of education information
management system.
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