Volume 18, No. 6, 2021
Right To Free And Equal Education Opportunities: A Case Study Of Pakistan
Khalid Saleem , Shehzad Admad , Hira Atiq , Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal
Abstract
In the present era of science and technology education has acquired significant importance among the nations of the world. Along with the financial benefits, it is the source of preservation, transformation, and up-gradation of social norms, values, and cultures. Because of this education is assumed as the basic right of all human beings. At the same time efforts are being made throughout the world to provide free education to the masses so that no one can be deprived of their basic right because of the financial constraints. Since the world Declaration on Education for All 1990, efforts are being made to meet the basic learning needs of children youth, and adults. To materialize the notion of Education for All, the nations of the world agreed on a Framework for Action at Dakar, Senegal in 2000. Being the signatory of the Dakar framework, Pakistan had made efforts to provide equal and free education to all children, youth and adults. The constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan also ensures the right to education for all people. Moreover, all the education the Government of Pakistan through all policies and plans since 1947 had made provisions for equal and free education for the masses. The present study is an effort to summarize the international and national efforts for the provision of free and equal education to the citizens of Pakistan. To accomplish this qualitative research, the document analysis approach was used to highlight the efforts of Education for All. It was deduced that despite the hectic and laborious efforts of the Government of Pakistan the cherished goal of education for all has not yet been achieved. Pakistan is lacking far behind in almost all the targets of the Dakar Framework for Action 2000.
Pages: 6523-6533
Keywords: Free education, Equal Opportunities for Education, Education for All, Gender Equality, Financial Constraints,