ISLAMABAD – Asian Development Bank has made a big offer to Pakistan formaking a uniform education policy across the county.
Vice President (Operations), Asian Development Bank (ADB) Wencai Zhang hasoffered the ADB support to the Education Ministry in the formulation ofnational education policy.
“Pakistan should take benefit from the expertise of the ADB, which canprovide technical support during the formulation and implementation of thenational education policy,” he said in a meeting with Federal Minister forEducation and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood in Islamabad. CountryDirector ADB Xiaohong Yang
Wencai Zhang also informed Shafqat that the ADB was interested in workingwith Pakistan in skills and capacity development.
“Linkages must be developed among the skill development institutes and thejob market so that the students after vocational and technical training canget immediate jobs,” he said.
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The education minister appreciated the help and support offer and statedthat education and skill development was the main focus of the government.
He said that Pakistan was facing humongous challenge in the field ofeducation. He said the Education Ministry was all set to introduce reformsthat comprised of Introducing uniform education and certification systemand uniform curriculum throughout the country, improving the quality ofeducation, skill development and vocational training and also to enroll the25 million out of school children. Another component was to work on theadult education, he said.
