Abstract
Pakistan‟s education system suffers from enduring issues of inequality, access, enrollment,
quality, and opportunity at every level. It is a problem which has garnered quite a lot of attention
over the years, particularly after the increased focus of other developing countries on combating
the same issues, Education at the elementary level requires special attention because this is the
most critical stage of an individual‟s entire academic trajectory, and has important implications for
the country as well. The Punjab government has recently launched many new schemes in order to
increase enrollment rates and to provide this basic facility to the vast millions deprived of it. The
method chosen for this purpose has been public-private partnerships and privatization, with the
help of millions of dollars in aid from international donor agencies. This paper argues that these
projects initiated by the Punjab government are based on neo-liberal policies which challenge the
spirit of public service and aggravates the imbalances already existing in our society. This paper
improves upon the literature for governance practices in Pakistan, and uses the field of elementary
education to discuss what the use of these new governing policies has meant for the education
sector and all of its stakeholders. The paper concludes that the implementation of new public
management policies has undermined the right of education for all, and has made the private
sector responsible for the provision this right. The study recommends that these aspects require
policy revisions in order to reverse the damage incurred through these reforms.
Rameesha Aman, Amir Saeed, Ghalib Ata. (2019) Governance of Elementary Education: An Analytical View, Journal of Elementary Education, Volume-29, Issue-1.
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