Question no 61: What financial allocations were made in the Seventh Five-Year Plan for education, and how did it plan to increase the resource base?
Answer: The plan allocated Rs 23.1 billion for developmental programs in education and training. To increase the resource base, self-financing initiatives were encouraged, and the Iqra surcharge was extended to other economic activities.
Question no 62: What were the main emphases and targets in the Seventh Five-Year Plan, especially regarding basic primary education and university administration?
Answer: The plan emphasized providing basic primary education to all children, increasing participation rates in middle-stage education, streamlining university administration by transferring responsibility to provincial governments, and allocating Rs. 23.1 billion for educational and training programs.
Question no 63: What were the key objectives of the Eighth Five-Year Plan in education?
Answer: Universalizing access to primary education, enacting compulsory schooling legislation, improving gender and rural-urban access, and reforming university management for efficiency
Question no 64: How did the Eighth Five-Year Plan prioritize primary education, and what measures were taken to promote girls' participation and improve infrastructure?
Answer: Prioritized universal primary education, improved infrastructure, promoted girls' participation with free textbooks and girls' schools, and ensured primary schools in settlements with over 300 people.
Question no 65: What was the primary literacy rate target set by the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and what subsequent goal was established for the year 2010?
Answer: The plan aimed to raise the literacy rate from 42% to 60% by the end of the Ninth Plan and set a further target of 75% by 2010.
Question no 66: What were the key objectives regarding Universal Primary Education (UPE) during the Ninth Five-Year Plan, particularly for boys and girls?
Answer: The plan aimed to achieve UPE for boys by the end of the Ninth Plan and extend this achievement to girls by 2010.
