Dr. Waheed Mughal

Missed targets, missed pledges: An overview of the education plans and policies in Pakistan

At the time of independence, Pakistan consisted of East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and West Pakistan (present-day Pakistan). The regions forming Pakistan were already underdeveloped in all fields, including education, compared to what emerged as India after the end of British colonial rule in the Asian subcontinent in August 1947. It was challenging for the newly […]

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Is Pakistan going to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals in education by 2030?

The problem of out-of-school children is global. According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), about 258 million children and youth are out of school. This total includes 59 million children of primary school age (6 to 11 years), 62 million adolescents of lower secondary school age (12 to 14 years), and 138 million youth

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