Prof David Stephens from the Education Research Centre, University of Brighton, UK, has urged the promotion of teachers and higher education in the capacity building of the educational reforms and prioritisation of learning outcomes in educational development to bring back Pakistan in the league of educated nations.
Prof Stephens, who was the keynote speaker in the inaugural session of the three-day International Conference on “Educational Reforms in the Developing Countries (Emphasis on South Asia) organised by The Aga Khan University Institute of Educational Development (AKU-IED) at the AKU auditorium on Tuesday. In a comprehensive presentation on the ‘Comparative and Cultural Perspectives on Education Reform’, he described the educational scenario in Africa and Asia and compared the countries that had catapulted to the educational excellence while others lagged far behind.
Prof Stephens reminded the appreciative audience that the quality was at the heart of education reform. “First, challenges to quality have gone hand-in-hand with the rapid expansion of the primary systems in many parts of the world. Second, girls and boys in the same classroom do not typically receive the same education.
Prof Pirzada Qasim, Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi (KU), who was the chief guest at the occasion, hoped that the newly elected government had education preference on its election manifesto and now the neglected sector of education should be given its due share. Firoz Rasul, President AKU also spoke.
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