A task force will be constituted soon to carry out researches in major Punjab areas for gender disparity by the Gender in Education Policy Support Project (GEPSP).
It was decided in a group meeting of Working Group on Gender in Education (WGGE) comprising leading educational institutions in Punjab formed by the Education Department Punjab to support gender sensitive education policy formulation, implementation and research based analysis to ensure gender parity and equality in education.
WGGE is part of the initiative under Gender in Education Policy Support Project (GEPSP), a tri-partite agreement of the Ministry of Education Pakistan, Unicef and DFID. One-day session of WGGE was organised by Unicef, in Unicef Provincial Headquarters and attended by some of the leading academic institutions and NGOs including, GC University, Lahore College for Women University, Kinnaird College University of Education, Beaconhouse University, Department of Gender Studies of Punjab University, Ali Institute of Education, SAHE, and ITA.
The participants shared their experiences and expertise in research on Gender in Education and discussed areas for further research. There was a session on the GEPSP Web Portal Gender in Education that is all set to be launched in July on the Ministry of Education's website.
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