Question no 67: How did The National Education Policy 1998-2010 address challenges in elementary education, and what were its key priorities in this sector?
Answer: The National Education Policy 1998-2010 attached high importance to promoting primary education and eradicating illiteracy. Key priorities included improving the quality of elementary education, character-building based on Islamic values, addressing disparities, prioritizing out-of-school children, diversifying financial resources, and enhancing management and supervision through decentralization and accountability.
Question no 68: What were the identified challenges and proposed solutions for secondary education in The National Education Policy 1998-2010?
Answer: Challenges in secondary education included unplanned expansion, insufficient science and math teachers, controversial technical and vocational education, inadequate facilities, and textbooks. Proposed solutions involved establishing model secondary schools, introducing vocational programs, revising curricula, enhancing teacher training, adopting project-based teaching, and creating an Education Service Commission for teacher recruitment.
Question no 69: How did The National Education Policy 1998-2010 recognize and address the importance of higher education in the context of national development?
Answer: The National Education Policy 1998-2010 recognized higher education as a vital investment for the nation's economic and social development. Guidelines included preserving Islamic values, ensuring access to quality higher education, and contributing to the nation's advancement. Programs aimed to expand access, introduce emerging sciences, enhance resources for professional education, grant autonomy to reputed colleges, and promote international cooperation.
Question no 70: What were the key programs outlined for improving higher education in The National Education Policy 1998-2010?
Answer: Programs included expanding access, reducing wastage rates, introducing emerging sciences, enhancing resources for professional education, granting autonomy to reputed colleges, strengthening libraries and laboratories, revising curricula, promoting international cooperation, implementing a performance assessment system for teachers, providing in-service training, and utilizing the expertise of Pakistanis serving abroad.
Question no 71: How did The National Education Policy 1998-2010 aim to eliminate challenges in elementary education, such as high dropout rates and inadequate learning materials?
Answer: The National Education Policy 1998-2010 aimed to eliminate challenges by improving the quality of elementary education, emphasizing character-building based on Islamic values, ensuring relevant teacher training, addressing disparities, prioritizing out-of-school children, diversifying financial resources, and enhancing management and supervision through decentralization and accountability.
Question no 72: What measures were proposed in The National Education Policy 1998-2010 to address the teacher supply-demand relationship?
Answer: The National Education Policy 1998-2010 aimed to address the teacher supply-demand relationship by establishing an Education Service Commission for teacher recruitment, ensuring salary structures based on qualifications, and providing education cards to needy students.
