'Formal education policy' on the anvil: Shafqat.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood took to Twitter on Sunday to announce that his ministry has started the process of formulating a 'formal education policy.'

'While we have taken a number of initiatives including single national curriculum, A formal Education policy for the country is necessary,' he wrote on his official Twitter handle.

'So on my direction a process has been started by the Ministry of Education which includes widespread consultation. All suggestions welcome.'

Last month, Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a session over Single National Curriculum in the country stressing it's the priority to quash classism in...