A four-member World Bank educationists' team led by Benoit Millot, a lead education specialist, called on adviser to prime minister on finance and economic affairs Dr Salman Shah here on Thursday. Minister of state for finance Omar Ayub Khan was also present during the meeting.
The World Bank team presented to the adviser a copy of the report of "Pakistan Higher Education Policy Note - An Assessment of the Medium Term Development Framework". The report has been prepared by the World Bank education specialists after thorough consultations with the Higher Education Commission and concerned federal and provincial ministries.
The team also conducted extensive study of prevailing educational system being pursued by the public and private sector universities and the Higher Education Commission for meeting future needs of the country for highly qualified professionals and educationists in the technical and engineering fields and social sciences.
The report envisages measures to be taken by the government and the private sector to improve the standard of education being imparted to students by the public and private sector universities. The report also visualises the scope of future expansion of the universities as well as the enrolment of students in the coming future. The report also addresses the financial resources required for imparting quality education to the students in the universities. The report envisages a three-fold increase in university enrolment by 2016 and allocation of four percent of GDP to education.
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