DEO Office Haripur ,Male and Female retain top position in performance.

PESHAWAR -- The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elementary and Secondary Education Department (E and SED) with the technical assistance from DFID has announced results of the District Performance Scorecard (DPS) for November 2019.

DPS meeting for the month of November was held at the Directorate of Elementary and Secondary Education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The meeting was chaired by the Secretary E and SED Nadeem Aslam Chaudhary, in the presence of Director of E and SE Dr. Hafiz Ibrahim, and all District Education Officers.

E and SED assessed the performance of 56 DEO Offices (28 male and 28 female) of settled districts on Quality and Access indicators against targets set in their respective District Education Plans.

This time, significant improvement was seen in the student attendance rate which was 89.8% in Haripur (Female) and 87.2% In Nowshera (male). The overall student attendance rate was 82% exceeding its target of 80% due to consistent efforts of E and SED, DEO Offices, and school management. Total Teachers attendance was 90%, where district Nowshehra outshined with a score of 92.54%.

Number of non-functional schools was reduced to 102 against the baseline of 121. Additionally, 83% of PTCs were observed to have conducted regular monthly meetings in the province. 89% of all cases related to teacher's absenteeism have been resolved through the online action management system. Administrative visits in schools exceeded its target of 100% by 6 percentage points.

Not only more students are coming to schools, but students are also learning better due to the quality initiatives of E and SED.

Learning outcomes of students shows improvement in quality of education, where Grade 5, Grade 8, and Grade 10 Exam results...