ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Education and Professional TrainingShafqat Mahmood Wednesday said the ministry would soon launch a NationwideLiteracy Campaign to increase the Literacy rate by at least 12 percent in next four years.During a meeting with a high level delegation of Ufone, the minister saidthat we are thinking of declaring an Education Emergency and will go tocabinet for concept clearance and support in couple of weeks, a pressrelease said.The minister further informed the delegation that this National LiteracyDrive will be a mega campaign in which about 5,000 Adult literary & SkillCenters will be setup in each district of Pakistan, special acceleratedlearning syllabus will be introduced and a National Literacy CoordinationCenter will be setup.“We are planning to engage all the stakeholders including districtadministration, business community and chambers of commerce and industry,universities and colleges’ students, Benazir Income Support Program and ourown attached organizations i.e Basic Education Community Schools (BECS) andNational Commission for Human Development (NCHD)”, he added.He told that a special communication campaign will also be launched beforeand during the implementation of the Literacy Campaign.The Minister further said that education is the top priority of thisgovernment, adding our main targets are bringing the 25 million out ofschool children to schools, introducing a uniform education system andcurriculum, providing quality education and skill development.
The Federal Education Minister said that Technology will play a major rolein the aforementioned four targets and in the National Literacy Drive toresolve the access and capacity issues. “The Ufone must develop and come upwith some technological solutions and interventions that can be used inNational Literacy Campaign and resolving issues of quality, access andcapacity in Education”, added the minister for education.
Ufone delegation briefed the minister about the organization and activitiesof Ufone in general and the technological interventions of Etisalat andUfone in education sector in particular.
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The Ufone delegation appreciated the efforts of education ministry and thevision of the Education Minister and agreed to come up with technologicalsolutions in the next meeting.
