1. Reforms in School Education, Punjab
Presentation on
Reforms in School Education, Punjab
31st December, 2013

2. Sequence of Presentation
Vision
Major Functions
Organogram
School Education Department
Attached Departments / Autonomous bodies
Districts
School Education at a Glance
Provisions of Missing Facilities
Budgetary Allocations

3. Sequence of Presentation
Foreign Funding
World Bank
DFID
Reforms in School Education
Achievements
Challenges

4. Vision
To develop high quality human resource in Punjab to meet the challenges of globalization and needs of the knowledge economy, ethical citizenry and social justice.
To increase access, retention and completion of quality education that fosters creativity, critical thinking, teamwork and an entrepreneurial spirit in addition to thorough content knowledge;
To address gender and geographical disparities;

5. Major Functions 1. Legislation, policy formulation and planning for:
Primary education
Elementary education
Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
2. Regulatory policy concerning private sector schools
3. Development and supervision of curricula, syllabi, textbooks and maintenance of standards of education:
Curricula and syllabi up to class XII.
Production and publication of text books for class-I to XII.

6. Major Functions 4. Staff development including:
Pre-service and in-service teachers training
Continuous professional development (CPD)
5. Monitoring and evaluation system:
Distribution of free textbooks
Development schemes
Presence of teaching and non-teaching staff
Up-dation of online-access information
(e) Redressal of public complaints

7. Major Functions 6. Promotion of quality education through:
Punjab education assessment system
Student assessment and terminal examination of Grade-V and VIII elementary education through Punjab Examination Commission.
Grant of scholarships
Production and distribution of educational and scientific films
7. Children libraries and libraries affiliated with Children Library Complex
8. Promotion of sports in schools
9. Provision of compulsory and free education to all of age 5-16 years

8. Major Functions
10. The matters relating to the Punjab Daanish Schools and Centers of Excellence 11. To promote quality education through public-private partnership through Punjab Education Foundation. 12. The matters relating to the Punjab Teachers' Foundation. 13. Budget, accounts and audit matters. 14. Purchase of stores and capital goods for the department 15. Service matters except those entrusted to Services and General Administration Department. 16. Administration of the laws and the rules framed thereunder.

9. Organogram of the Department
Secretary
School Education
Additional Secretary (Education Reforms)
Deputy Secretaries (01)
Section Officers
(03)
Additional Secretary (Schools)
Deputy Secretaries (04)
(10)
Additional Secretary (General)
Deputy Secretaries (03)
(07)
Deputy Director (Monitoring) (01)
Assistant Director (02)
Additional Secretary (Budget & Planning)
(06)

10. Attached Departments / Autonomous Bodies
Directorate of Staff Development
Children Library Complex, Punjab
Punjab Education Assessment System
Director Public Instruction (SE), Punjab
Director Public Instruction (EE), Punjab
National Education Equipment Centre
National Museum of Science & Technology
Autonomous Bodies
Punjab Textbook Board
Punjab Curriculum Authority
Punjab Examination Commission
Punjab Education Foundation
Punjab Teachers Foundation
Punjab Daanish Schools and Centers of Excellence Authority
Center Model School, Lower Mall
PMIU– PESRP
Autonomous Institutions receiving grants
Cadet College Hasan Abdal
Sadiq Public School Bahwalpur
Lawrence College Ghora Gali
Boys Scouts and Girls Guide Associations .
Cadet Colleges, Pasrur, Chakwal and Okara
APWA (All Pakistan Women Association)

11. Districts Secretary School Education 36-EDO (Edu) 37-DEO (SE)
High Schools Higher secondary schools (Girls / Boys)
37-DEO (EE-M)
133-Dy. DEO (EE-M)
486-AEO (M)
Boys Primary Schools
Boys Middle Schools
37 DEO (EE-F)
133-Dy. DEO (EE-F)
486-AEO (F)
Girls Primary School
Girls Middle Schools

12. School Education at Glance
School Education at a Glance
School Level
Schools
Enrolment
Teachers
Higher Secondary
635
69,245
20,600
High
5,923
1,069,047
119,367
Middle
8,030
2,121,371
78,643
Primary
39,347
7,380,668
113,604
Total
53,935
10,640,331
332,214

13. Budgetary Allocations (2013-14)
(Billion Rs.)
Description
Development
Non-Development
Total
School Education
15.500
15.699
31.199
Punjab Education Foundation
7.500 -
Punjab Educational Endowment Fund
2.000
Daanish Schools
3.000
District Governments
Grand Total
28.000

14. School Education at a Glance
COMPONENT
STATUS 1
Out of School Children (5-9 Years)
2.00 million
(source: Neilson Survey, 2012) 2
Per Student Cost
(Per Year)
Average
(Rs )
(Year 2012) 3
Student Teacher Ratio (STR)
Primary: 1:39
Elementary: 1:21
Secondary: 1:24
H. Secondary: 1:17
Average: 1:32

15. Foreign Funding - Punjab Education Sector Programme (Phase-II)
Period
Development Partners
Amount 1
World Bank
US $ 350 million 2
DFID ( )
£ million 3
CIDA (Yet to be finalized)
CA $ 19.3 million

16. Reforms in School Education
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17. Reforms (2008 to 2013) S# Initiative Cost (Billion Rs.) Achievements 1
Provision of Missing Facilities
19.96
10822 schools completed 2
Upgradation of Schools
10.86
2452 schools 3
Free Textbooks
9.00
50 million students benefited. 4
Grant-in-Aid to School Council
6.40
50,000 schools benefiting annually. 5
Quality Examination and Assessment
2.20
7 million students examined in 5th & 8th Class through Punjab Examination Commission 6
Teachers’ Incentive
2.00
Monetary Rewards
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Cont’d……

18. Reforms (2008 to 2013) …… Cont’d Cont’d…… S# Initiative
Cost (Billion Rs.)
Achievements 7
Public Private Partnership through Punjab Education Foundation
17.00
- Support to low cost private schools
partner schools / 1.3 million students in current financial year. 8
In-Service and Pre-Service Teachers Training.
8.90
400,000 Teachers trained 9
Provision of IT Labs in High Schools
5.00
4286 IT Labs established 10
Recruitment of Teachers -
About 81,000 teachers recruited. 11
Provision of Girls stipends
5.06
0.4 M Girl Students in selected 16 Low Literacy Districts 12
Transfer Policy 13
Rationalization Policy
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Cont’d……

19. Achievements (2008 to 2013) …… Cont’d
Initiative
Cost (Billion Rs.)
Achievements 14
Non-salary Budget 15
Establishment of Curriculum Authority 2012 16
Daanish Schools and Centres of Excellence
7.00
14 Daanish Schools & 8 Centres of Excellence established
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20. Provision of Missing Facilities
Cost of All Types of Missing Facilities (All Girls and Boys Schools) S#
Type of Missing Facilities
Quantity
Unit Cost
Total Cost (Rs. Million) 1
Classrooms
76,034
0.790
60, 2
Student without Furniture
3,417,773
0.002 6, 3
Boundary Wall
5,013
0.650 3, 4
Toilet Block
1,950
0.200 5
Drinking Water
1,016
0.050
50.800 6
Electricity
10,797
0.150
TOTAL
72,

21. Type of Missing Facilities Total Cost (Rs. Million)
Development Plan for (All girls schools in Punjab and boys schools in 11 Southern Districts) S#
Type of Missing Facilities
Quantity
Unit Cost
Total Cost (Rs. Million) 1
Student without Furniture
0.002 4, 2
Boundary Wall
2,835
0.650 1, 3
Toilet Block
1,252
0.200 4
Drinking Water
764
0.050
38.200 5
Electricity
8,092
0.150 1,
Total 7,

22. Strengthening of School Councils
Composition
Minimum 9, maximum 17
Head Teachers + Teachers + Brother or Sister of student above 18 years of age + Parents + Notables of area and etc.
Annual Grant in Aid
Rs. 20,000 for Primary School
Rs. 50,000 for Middle School
ICT Based Capacity Building
50% schools of five districts (Attock, Chiniot, Lodhran, Sargodha and Jhelum
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23. Per Capita Financing (PCF) Formula (Non-Salary School Based Budget)
Components
Fixed School Allocation
Student retention premium
Basic student entitlement
Furniture need
Building operations
(9-Districts)
Chakwal, Chiniot, Khanewal, Muzaffargarh, Nankana, Okara, Sargodha, Sialkot, R.Y. Khan
Rs. 3.5 Billion allocation for NSB in CFY
(18-Districts)
(36-Districts)
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24. Rationalization of Teaching Staff
Rationalization policy has been framed
Re-allocation of teaching staff from overstaffed to understaffed schools
Attock, Khushab and Lodhran have been selected in the first phase
To achieve Teacher student ratio at all levels

25. Transfer of Teaching Staff on Merit
New Transfer policy 2013
Marks criteria for transfers (Academic results 40, Service in Far Flung area 20, Seniority 10, Wedlocks basis 15, Compassionate grounds 15)
Transfer shall be made only against a vacant post
No transfer in first three years for contract teachers
No transfer in case of single teacher, science teacher, I.T. Teacher and head teacher without substitutes

26. Creation of Standardized Assessment System
Establishment of Punjab Examination Commission as an Autonomous Body through an Act of Parliament in 2010.
Design and conduct of annual examination at Grade 5 and 8.
Identification of areas of improvement through research and analysis.
2.74 Million students tested in year 2013.
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27. Punjab Education Foundation (PEF)
Previous Programs – (4 Years)
Name of Programs
No. of Schools
No. of Students
FAS
2154
1.10 Million
EVS
810
0.14 Million
NSP
428
0.059 Million
Total
3392
1.299 Million

28. Current Expansion Programs 2013-2018 (targets for 5 Years)
Name of Programs
No. of Students
FAS
1.30 Million
EVS
0.65 Million
NSP
0.26 Million
Total
2.21 Million

29. Recruitment of Teachers
81,000 Teachers have been recruited on merit
Entry test has been made mandatory from under Recruitment Policy 2013 approved by CM
For recruitment of teachers against 29,822 posts NTS (National Testing Service) has been hired through open bidding
For quality assurance of the test, a firm (IER) has been hired
Recruitment tests have been conducted by NTS in all districts of Punjab
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30. Daanish Schools
Daanish schools cater to the overall development of students belonging to the marginalized sections of the society with emphasis on academics, sports, physical education mixed with social / cultural activities.
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31. Daanish Schools S# School Name Boys Girls Total 1 Chishtian 406 363
769 2
Hasilpur
404
364
768 3
Rahim Yar Khan
414
366
780 4
Mianwali
214
190 5
Attock
207
184
391 6
D.G.Khan
152
189
341 7
Rajanpur
244
210
454
3907
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32. Stipend to Girls Students
Original stipend program started since 2004
3,90,000 students benefit from this program annually
Rs 1.5 billion per year for secondary school female students in 16 low literacy districts on basis of 80% attendance
Suplemental stipend pilot project) 68 schools of District Bhakkar and Kasur) in June 2013
About 10,500 girls per quarter benefitting from this pilot progarm.
An enhanced amount of Rs 900/- for class 6-8 students and Rs /- for class 9-10 students are delivered to eligible students per quarter.
Branchless banking pilot project (BBPP) in Oct 2013
44 schools in 3 districts (Okara, Muzaffargarh and Khanewal) selected for the pilot project
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33. Achievements
Student Attendance has surged to 92% from the baseline of 82.8 % since September 2011.
Teacher presence has surged to above 90% from the baseline of 80.7 % since September 2011, which is the highest in the region.
Functioning of Facilities are 91.6% by May 2013 from the baseline of 68.9 % since September 2011.
Administrative Visits are at above the target i.e 95.4% whereas target is 90%.
Data collection and third party validation has also reached above 96% all over the Punjab, which itself is a record high.

34. Challenges Establishment of District Education Authority .
Enrolment, retention and quality.
Provisions of Missing Facilities, Rehabilitation of Dangerous Buildings and Flood Affected Schools, IT Labs at Elementary & Secondary level.
Regulatory Framework for Private Schools.
Cont’d……

35. …… Cont’d
Challenges
Rationalization of Teachers as per standard Student Teacher Ratio (STR) and Workload.
Timely releases of allocated funds.
Role of Teachers Unions
Transfer of Teaching staff on merit
To ensure teacher presence in class
To motivate teachers for retention of students and quality education

36. THANKS