The government should focus on the enrolment problems and dropout cases at the schools, given that the situation is alarming with a 40 per cent dropout rate, giving Pakistan the second highest dropout rate in the region, Dr Shamsh Kassim Lakha, a veteran government and education policymaker and former President of the Aga Khan University said during a symposium on Monday.
The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) and Department of Education Sindh in collaboration with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) held a symposium to mark ‘World Teachers’ Day’ at a local hotel. The theme of the event was ‘Engaging teachers’ associations for achieving MDGs – Universal Primary Education’.
Dr Lakha also said that there was a need of intellectual dialogue to address the matter as resources were available. He appreciated the government’s plan to increase the education budget to seven per cent of total gross domestic product (GDP) till 2015.
“The problem in our system is that new governments came into power and stop the projects run by the previous rulers. Despite political differences, good projects must continue to benefit the people,” he advised. He also emphasised on addressing teachers’ salary issues and other problems they.
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