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A Review of Alternative Learning Programmes in Pakistan 2014-15 / UNICEF

Material type: TextTextPublication details: Islamabad : UNICEF, 2015.Description: 146 pISBN:
  • (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.954 A11
Contents:
Contents Abbreviations and Acronyms Executive Summary 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Methodology 4. ALP's : The National Picture 5. ALP's in the Provinces 6. Case Studies of Sample ALPs 7. Conclusion References Annexes
Summary: Executive Summary :- Pakistan has 25 million out of school children (OOSC) in the 5-16 age range. This is the second highest number in the world after Nigeria. Govt. of Pakistan and development partners over the past two decades, Pakistan will not achieve MDG-2 (Universal Primary Education). However, over recent years Pakistan has enacted legislation and developed a number of programmes to try to reach out to OOSC and bring them back into formal education. The Government has also recently developed a National Plan on action 2013-16 (NPA) to achieve MDG-2 which aims to bring 5.06 million of these children back into school (GoP, 2013c). ----------------------------------- Message from the Minister (Mr. Muhammad Bligh-Ur-Rehman) It is my pleasure and profound privilege to share this message to the auspicious occasion of the launch of the Alternative Learning Programme (ALP) Review Report 2014-15. The ALP report is an extremely important document which provides a wide range of alternative options and practices to address the issues of out of School Children in Pakistan. We will strive to build upon our success through more inclusive and cost effective strategies to increase enrolment, retention and quality of education. ----------------------------------- Message from the UNICEF Representative (Ms. Angela Kearney) UNICEF, Pakistan had the opportunity to conduct a review of existing Alternative Learning Programmes (ALP's) in Pakistan in collaboration with the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training and the concerned departments. Pakistan is facing a large number of out of school-children serious issue. However, the challenge of out of school children still merits serious efforts. While access to improved quality education continues to be an unfinished MDG/EFA agenda. The objective of this study to establish a comprehensive review of the existing Alternative Learning Programmes (ALP) in Pakistan. The review identifies strengths, opportunities and areas for improvement in the existing ALP models in Pakistan. This will indeed be major leap towards the progress and prosperity of Pakistan.
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Contents


Abbreviations and Acronyms
Executive Summary

1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Methodology
4. ALP's : The National Picture
5. ALP's in the Provinces
6. Case Studies of Sample ALPs
7. Conclusion

References
Annexes

Executive Summary :- Pakistan has 25 million out of school children (OOSC) in the 5-16 age range. This is the second highest number in the world after Nigeria. Govt. of Pakistan and development partners over the past two decades, Pakistan will not achieve MDG-2 (Universal Primary Education). However, over recent years Pakistan has enacted legislation and developed a number of programmes to try to reach out to OOSC and bring them back into formal education. The Government has also recently developed a National Plan on action 2013-16 (NPA) to achieve MDG-2 which aims to bring 5.06 million of these children back into school (GoP, 2013c).

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Message from the Minister (Mr. Muhammad Bligh-Ur-Rehman)

It is my pleasure and profound privilege to share this message to the auspicious occasion of the launch of the Alternative Learning Programme (ALP) Review Report 2014-15. The ALP report is an extremely important document which provides a wide range of alternative options and practices to address the issues of out of School Children in Pakistan. We will strive to build upon our success through more inclusive and cost effective strategies to increase enrolment, retention and quality of education.


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Message from the UNICEF Representative (Ms. Angela Kearney)

UNICEF, Pakistan had the opportunity to conduct a review of existing Alternative Learning Programmes (ALP's) in Pakistan in collaboration with the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training and the concerned departments. Pakistan is facing a large number of out of school-children serious issue. However, the challenge of out of school children still merits serious efforts. While access to improved quality education continues to be an unfinished MDG/EFA agenda. The objective of this study to establish a comprehensive review of the existing Alternative Learning Programmes (ALP) in Pakistan. The review identifies strengths, opportunities and areas for improvement in the existing ALP models in Pakistan. This will indeed be major leap towards the progress and prosperity of Pakistan.

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