UNDP help sought to overcome education sector challenges.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Ministry of Education urged United Nations Development Programme to extend its support to overcome the challenges of education sector in Pakistan, a statement said on Wednesday. The statement issued by federal ministry of education said that Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood was called on by Resident Representative of UNDP in Pakistan, Ignacio Artaza. The meeting was also attended by Federal Secretary Education Arshad Mirza.

The Education Minister welcomed the resident representative, UNDP and his delegation and said that Pakistan was currently facing various challenges in education sector and that the government was fully committed to resolve these challenges. 'We would very much appreciate the support of the UNDP in this regard', added the minister.

Minister Shafqat Mahmood said that there are various potential sectors in which Ministry of Education and UNDP could work together. Ministry of Education and Professional training is working on skill development and starting skill education from schools which is also an area of interest for UNDP. 'The task force on Skill Development has finalized its recommendations and we are now moving into the implementation phase of this and would very much like the technical support of UNDP', added Shafqat Mahmood.

Education Minister informed the resident representative of UNDP about Education Ministry initiatives in the field of education. Shafqat Mahmood said that Education Ministry is planning to introduce uniform education and curriculum system in order to inculcate and promote uniform national thought.

Education Minister said that National Curriculum Council is constituted and is looking at the broad policy aspects of Uniform Curriculum while the Technical subcommittee of the...