Summary He said that efforts are being made to bring all out of school children to education institutions.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mehmood has said that government is working to introduce uniform syllabus in educational institutions all over the country.
Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Monday, Shafqat Mehmood said that the country has 57 percent literacy rate and there are 200 million out of school children.
He said we are going to present recommendations to the Prime Minister regarding uniform syllabus. He said a National Curriculum Committee will be formed for this purpose.
He said that efforts are being made to bring all out of school children to the education institutions and to achieve this goal the government need educated volunteers along with professionals to educate them as a national responsibility.
He said government is also utilizing the technology to address the shortage of the teachers in order to provide better literacy facilities to the upcoming generations to make them compete in the modern era.
