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The Express Tribune

Published Date: Nov 16, 2014

Seminar: ‘Govt working on a bill to provide free books, uniforms to children’

ISLAMABAD: The government
is working on a bill for the provision of uniforms, stationery and free
books to children attending government school.

This was said by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Romina
Khurshid at a seminar titled “Making quality education accessible in
Pakistan – a social accountability perspective”, organised here by the
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI).

The seminar reflected upon SDPI’s research on primary and secondary education in Khanewal and Vehari.

/> </p> <p> According to the research, one of the biggest reasons behind dropouts<br /> and low enrolment in targeted districts was low awareness of the<br /> importance of education among local communities. </p> <p> The research also highlighted the centralisation of powers with<br /> district education authorities that were responsible for teachers’<br /> dissatisfaction from the service contract, and that also affected their<br /> ability to provide quality education at public schools. </p> <p> Romina Khurshid said the provision of quality education at public<br /> schools also depended a lot on recruitment of well educated and<br /> qualified teachers. She was of the view that teachers of today were not<br /> as committed to the profession as were their counterparts in the past. </p> <p> <img src=

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