Comparison of Literacy Rate of Pakistan with SAARC Countries
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
TERM PAPER
TOPIC: COMPARISON OF PAKISTAN’S LITERACY RATE WITH SAARC
SUBMITTED TO: Dr. ABDUL WAHEED
SUBMITTED BY: INBISAT JEHAN ZAFAR
SEAT NO.: B0655047
DATED: 29th Sept. 2010
Literacy is a tool for empowering our communities and ourselves. It can free us from many personal, economic and social constraints, by helping to eradicate poverty, reduce child mortality, curb population growth, achieve gender equality and ensure sustainable development, peace and democracy. The goal of the United Nations Literacy Decade is to enable people everywhere to communicate effectively within their own communities and with the outside world. The motto is “Literacy for All: A voice for all, learning for all.” Bottom of Form
SAARC’s MOTIVES FOR EDUCATION
Cooperation in education entered the SAARC agenda early with the establishment of a Technical Committee on Education in 1989. Since reorganization of the SAARC Integrated Programme of Action (SIPA) in 1999, this subject has come under the purview of the Technical Committee on Human Resources Development. A SAARC Chair, Fellowship and Scholarship Scheme is in operation. A SAARC Consortium of Open and Distance Learning (SACODiL) has been created with a view to standardization of curricula, mutual recognition of courses and promotion of transfer of credits. A SAARC Teachers Forum has been established. Nevertheless, a lot more remains to work before concrete benefits of such cooperative activities are clearly visible.
Education in South Asia suffers from the twin problem of lack of access and of excellence. In majority of the SAARC Member Countries, enrolment of children of primary school age is far below universal level. This problem is further compounded by high levels of dropout. Thus literacy rates remain low. The situation at the secondary and tertiary level is no better. In some respects, are even worse.
The SAARC Social Charter, which was
UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
TERM PAPER
TOPIC: COMPARISON OF PAKISTAN’S LITERACY RATE WITH SAARC
SUBMITTED TO: Dr. ABDUL WAHEED
SUBMITTED BY: INBISAT JEHAN ZAFAR
SEAT NO.: B0655047
DATED: 29th Sept. 2010
Literacy is a tool for empowering our communities and ourselves. It can free us from many personal, economic and social constraints, by helping to eradicate poverty, reduce child mortality, curb population growth, achieve gender equality and ensure sustainable development, peace and democracy. The goal of the United Nations Literacy Decade is to enable people everywhere to communicate effectively within their own communities and with the outside world. The motto is “Literacy for All: A voice for all, learning for all.” Bottom of Form
SAARC’s MOTIVES FOR EDUCATION
Cooperation in education entered the SAARC agenda early with the establishment of a Technical Committee on Education in 1989. Since reorganization of the SAARC Integrated Programme of Action (SIPA) in 1999, this subject has come under the purview of the Technical Committee on Human Resources Development. A SAARC Chair, Fellowship and Scholarship Scheme is in operation. A SAARC Consortium of Open and Distance Learning (SACODiL) has been created with a view to standardization of curricula, mutual recognition of courses and promotion of transfer of credits. A SAARC Teachers Forum has been established. Nevertheless, a lot more remains to work before concrete benefits of such cooperative activities are clearly visible.
Education in South Asia suffers from the twin problem of lack of access and of excellence. In majority of the SAARC Member Countries, enrolment of children of primary school age is far below universal level. This problem is further compounded by high levels of dropout. Thus literacy rates remain low. The situation at the secondary and tertiary level is no better. In some respects, are even worse.
The SAARC Social Charter, which was
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