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Gilgit Baltistan Education Strategy 2015-30 This strategy document was developed by the Education Department Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) with the financial assistance of EU and the Australian Government through a consultative process involving all key actors and stakeholders in Education. AKF(Pak), AKU-IED PDCN and AKESP provided technical assistance in developing and reviewing the strategy. Acknowledgements The Education Strategy for Gilgit-Baltistan has been developed in two phases over an extended period from 2008 to 2014. A large number of people and institutions have made significant inputs in development (2008) and revision (2014) of this strategy. The development process in phase I was led by the Working Group comprising Mr. Mehboob Ali Khan, Mr. Akbar Shehzad, Mr. Shafa Ali, Mr. Ghulam Mehdi, and Mr. Darwash Ali from the Government Education Department; and Mr. Jan Madad, Ms. Khadija Khan, Mr. Hurmat Khan, and Mr. Muhammad Ajmal Khan from AKES, P North. Throughout the development process members of the Working Group showed sustained dedication. The preparation of the document was coordinated by John Evans, with major contributions from Ahsan Mir, Ghulam Abbas Ghandalo, Aziz Ali Dad, Mujtaba Piracha, and Siddiq Tareen. Technical and logistical support was provided by AKES, P in Gilgit, with further support from AKF Islamabad. In the background, the Advisory Committee, under the guidance of Col. Azhar Hussain, Secretary of Education for Gilgit-Baltistan, monitored the progress at all stages. Drafts of the initial document were shared widely, and the Working Group would like to acknowledge particularly helpful responses from Caroline Arnold, Director Education, Aga Khan Foundation, Geneva; Sughra Choudhry Khan, Chief Executive Officer, AKES, P; Arif Amin, Programme Manager (Education), AKF Pakistan; and Ali Effendi, Programme Officer Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, AKF Pakistan. The review and revision of the document was undertaken by a reconstituted Working Group comprising Mr Abideen Director Planning DoE Chairperson (2013-14) and Mr. Hakeem Khan Director Planning Chairperson (2014-15), Dr. Moladad Shafa Head PDCN as Co-Chairperson, Ms. Khadija Khan GM AKES, P (GB) as Co-chairperson and members including Mr. Majeed Khan Director Academics GB DoE, Ms. Azra Perveen Director Female Wing GB DoE, Mr. Shah Murad Director Baltistan, Mr. Shafa Ali, Senior Engineer DoE, and Mr. Ghulam Abbas Ghandalo Policy & Documentation Consultant- GBES AKF(Pak) with extensive coordination and support provided by AKF (Pak). On behalf of the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan the document was endorsed by Mr Sanaullah Secretary Education GB in December 2014. Last, but by no means least, the body of the Strategy owes much to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan. It was during the wide-ranging consultation process that the vision, challenges to be faced and the strategies for overcoming them first began to be formulated. Without this active participation of over 1000 stakeholders, the Strategy could never have come into being. Table of Contents Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. i 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background to Gilgit-Baltistan ........................................................................ 1 1.2 Rationale for a Gilgit-Baltistan Education Strategy ........................................ 3 1.3 The Strategy Development Process ................................................................. 5 1.4 Structure of this Document .............................................................................. 6 2. Status of Education in Gilgit-Baltistan ..................................................................... 7 2.1 The National and Regional Context ................................................................. 7 2.2 The Gilgit-Baltistan Context ............................................................................ 7 2.3 Summary of Education Indicators for Gilgit-Baltistan and Nationally ......... 10 3. Education in Gilgit-Baltistan by 2025 ..................................................................... 11 3.1 Vision Statement for Gilgit-Baltistan ............................................................. 12 3.2 Descriptions of Education Components ......................................................... 12 3.2.1 A Learner by 2030 ............................................................................ 12 3.2.2 A Teacher by 2030............................................................................. 13 3.2.4 A Classroom by 2030 ........................................................................ 14 3.2.5 An Education Institution by 2030 ..................................................... 14 3.2.6 A Community by 2030 ....................................................................... 15 3.2.7 The Education System by 2030 ......................................................... 16 4. Issues and Challenges ............................................................................................... 18 4.1 Access and Equity .......................................................................................... 18 4.1.1 Cost of education .............................................................................. 18 4.1.2 Provision of education ...................................................................... 18 4.1.3 Lack of availability of well-resourced educational institutions ........ 19 4.1.4 Readiness of learners for education ................................................. 19 4.2 Quality and Relevance ................................................................................... 19 4.2.1 Teacher training ................................................................................ 19 4.2.2 Curriculum, teaching and assessment .............................................. 19 4.2.3 Medium of instruction: language issues ........................................... 20 4.3 Governance and Management........................................................................ 20 4.3.1 Policy making ................................................................................... 20 4.3.2 Decision making ............................................................................... 20 4.3.3 Quality and stability.......................................................................... 20 4.3.4 Accountability ................................................................................... 21 4.3.5 Public–Private Partnerships ............................................................. 21 4.3.6 SAP/Community schools ................................................................... 21 5. Objectives and Strategies ......................................................................................... 22 5.1 Access and Equity .......................................................................................... 23 5.2 Quality and Relevance ................................................................................... 28 5.3 Governance and Management........................................................................ 31 6. Indicators, Monitoring and Evaluation .................................................................. 36 7. Financing the Strategy .............................................................................................. 40 7.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 40 7.2 Trend Analysis and Need for a Financing Strategy ....................................... 40 7.3 Costing and Budgeting ................................................................................... 41 7.4 Financing ....................................................................................................... 42 7.5 Assumptions................................................................................................... 43 7.6 Conclusions and the Way Forward ................................................................ 44 8. Risks and Assumptions ............................................................................................. 49 8.1 Economic constraints within society ............................................................. 49 8.2 Human resource constraints ........................................................................... 49 8.3 Social and cultural barriers ............................................................................ 49 8.4 Geographical constraints ................................................................................ 50 8.5 Law and order ................................................................................................ 50 8.6 Compatibility ................................................................................................. 50 8.7 Political commitment ..................................................................................... 50 8.8 Donor coordination ........................................................................................ 50 8.9 Flexibility ....................................................................................................... 51 Annex A Composition of Working Group and Advisory Committee ...................... 52 Annex B Current National Policies/Targets on Education....................................... 54 Annex C Selected Education Statistics for the Gilgit-Baltistan ..............................
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