(35Th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT
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1 (35th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT ———— “QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES” to be asked at a sitting of the National Assembly to be held on Thursday, the 12th August, 2021 66. *Dr. Shazia Sobia Aslam Soomro: (Deferred on 30-07-2021) Will the Minister for Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that in November 2019, PIA had sought services of a reputable international Firm, having extensive aviation consulting experience, to prepare a five years corporate business plan through a tender; (b) if so, the details of Government’s directives on restructuring and reforming the airline? Deferred for answer on Next Rota Day. 82. *Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali: (Deferred on 30-07-2021) Will the Minister for Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) all the appointments in PIA since 2008 have been made in accordance with Rules and Regulation, Recruitment Policy of the Government and approval of the Establishment Division; if so, details thereof; (b) the details, numbers of persons applied and appointed, grade wise, province-wise; (c) advertisements, tests and interviews; if any; and 2 (d) the details of the action taken against the responsible functionaries in case appointments were made against the spirits of rules? Deferred for answer on Next Rota Day. 190. Admissibility is being re-considered. 191. *Agha Hassan Baloch: Will the Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state the Ministry/Division-wise number of jobs provided to unemployed youth of Balochistan in Federal Government Departments during last three years, so far? Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division: Number of recruitments made against 6% Balochistan quota during the last 03 years in the Federal Government Departments on quarterly and yearly basis is as under: Years Quarters 2018 2019 2020 1st quarter (January-March) 717 28 455 2nd quarter (April-June) 74 22 16 3rd quarter (July-September) 204 984 141 4th quarter (October-December) 266 93 49 Total 1261 1127 661 Grand Total 3049 • The detail of Ministries/Divisions wise filled-in posts is at (Annex-I, II & III). (Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library) 192. *Mr. Muhammad Aslam Khan: Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: 3 (a) whether it is a fact that Federal Government and Union Organizations Wafaq-ul-Madaris have agreed on the registration of Madaris; (b) if the answer to part (a) above is in affirmative, the details of contents thereof; (c) the names of Madaris whose registration process has been completed till date; and (d) the names of Wafaqs in which these Madaris are affiliated? Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): (a) Wafaq-ul-Madaris signed an agreement with MoFE&PT on 29 August, 2019 and agreed to get their Madaris registered with Directorate General of Religious Education Islamabad. (b) Detail contents are placed at Annex-I. (c) Till date 6300 Madaris have been registered with Directorate General of Religious Education Islamabad (d) List of 17 registered Wafaqs-ul-Madaris is attached at Annex-II. (Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library) 193. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb: Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the incumbent Government failed to end the deficit of the Pakistan Television? Minister for Information and Broadcasting (Mr. Fawad Ahmed): With the concerted efforts of present Management, under the guidance of Govt., PTVC enabled itself to earn Profit for the year 2018-19 & 2019-20 (Prov). Year Profit/(loss) for the year before tax Rs. in Million 2018-19 853.947 2019-20 (Prov) 1,126.845 4 It is stated that the incumbent Government and the present PTV Management inherited accumulated losses of Rs. 11,375.619 million at the beginning of its tenure which have been reduced to Rs. 9,398.399 million. It is stated that the outstanding contingent claims towards FBR are Rs. 6,000 million. 194. *Mr. Naveed Aamir Jeeva: Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state the names of the countries wherein Government of Pakistan has established educational institutions? Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): After 18th constitutional amendment to the constitution, the subject of education has been devolved to provinces & this Ministry has no mandate to open Institutions abroad. In Higher Education Sector no public sector university has been established in the foreign countries. However, four private sector universities have established their offshore campuses in the following countries: i. Aga Khan University, Karachi (offshore campus at London, UK). ii. Greenwich University Karachi (offshore campus at Mauritius). iii. SZABIST, Karachi (offshore campus at Dubai, UAE). iv. Sarhad University (SUIT) Peshawar (Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE). 195. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak: Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has signed 03 MOUs with education service providers for introduction of STEM Teaching and Blended Learning Programme in selected schools of FDE details; (b) how STEM teaching will be beneficial for our students? 5 Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): (a) FDE under the ambit of M/o FE&PT has initiated to execute the following two projects with a vision to integrate technology in Public Sector Education. i. Pilot Project for Blended E-Learning in 200 Classrooms of Federal Capital: (Grade I-X). The total allocated capital cost of the project is Rs. 176.663 million with an execution period of two years (24 months). There are 03 components of the project i.e. Primary Components (Grade I-V), Middle Component (Grade VI-VIII) and Secondary Component (Grade IX&X). Contracts are separately awarded to the Solution Providers for each components i.e. Knowledge Platform executing Middle Components at the cost of Rs. 63.440 million. Tele-Taleem executing Secondary Component at the cost Rs. 33.880 million and PTCL & Mera Sabaq Executing Primary Component at the cost of Rs. 62.796 million. The total contract value collectively for all the three components stands at Rs. 160.116 million. ii. Pilot Project for STEM Teaching Grade (VI-VIII) in 30 schools of FDE (Knowledge Economy Initiatives). The total allocated capital cost of the project is Rs. 99.126 million. Pilot Project for STEM Teaching Grade (VI-VIII) in 30 schools of FDE (Knowledge Economy Initiatives). The total allocated capital cost of the project is Rs. 99.126 million with an execution period of two years (24 months) w.e.f 2021-2023. Contract to a 3rd party solution providers is awarded through a competitive process at the total cost of Rs. 78.187 million. (b) The intent of Pilot Project for STEM Teaching Grade (VI- VIII) in 30 schools of FDE is to pilot ways in which the services delivery mechanism is evolved from typical classroom setting to include interesting and exciting ways to: • Promote scientific inquiry. • Develop problem solving skills. • Focus on student‟s analytical abilities. • Fulfil student‟s appetite for student‟s hands on learning. 6 196. *Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali: Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that foreign loans and funds have been utilized to reform the education sector; (b) if so, then provide the province-wise details of the loans utilized since 2010 including for the erstwhile FATA areas; and (c) the details of achievements obtained in enrolments literacy rate and access to higher education province-wise and less developed areas districts? Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): (a) Yes, the foreign loans have been utilized to reform the higher education sector. (b) The Government of Pakistan (GoP) has signed a credit agreement with the International Development Agency/World Bank for a credit of $ 400 million under a five-year project titled “Higher Education Development in Pakistan” (HEDP) in June 2019. Out of it $ 323 million will be disbursed to the GoP as budgetary support while $ 77 million will be released to the project. So far, an expenditure of PKR 2,351 million has been incurred on public sector universities for various initiatives including, on-line teaching during COVID, research, provision of broad band network, 4-year degree program, trainings, and quality enhancement with the following break up: Province/Area Rs. in Millions Punjab 895.54 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 481.20 Sindh 422.49 Balochistan 243.38 Gilgit Baltistan 96.59 FATA 32.19 AJK 62.06 Federal Others 117.46 7 Tertiary Education Support Project (TESP) during the September 2012 to June 2017, under this project a credit of $ 323 million was disbursed to the GoP as budgetary support. Whereas, the HEC continued to get routine funding (recurrent & development) from the government during this period. (c) The detail of enrollments is attached at Annex-I and access to higher education province-wise and district-wise is attached at Annex-II. (Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library) 197. *Mr. Abdul Qadir Patel: Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the prescribed teacher student ratio for a permission to start a Ph.D programme in public and private sectors Universities; (b) whether such ratio is