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Literacy Trends in Pakistan - UNESCO Islamabad

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Previous attempts made for the enhancement of literacy, as a planned effort <strong>in</strong> terms of targets, and allocations <strong>in</strong> various Developmental Plansof <strong>Pakistan</strong> are listed below <strong>in</strong> Table 4.Table-4Adult <strong>Literacy</strong> – Plan Allocations, Targets And StrategiesPlanFirst Five YearPlan 1955-60Second FiveYear Plan1960 – 65Third Five YearPlan 1965-70Non-Plan Period1970-78Fifth Five YearPlan 1978-83Sixth Five YearPlan 1983-88Seventh FiveYear Plan1988-93Eighth Five YearPlan 1993-98N<strong>in</strong>th Five YearPlan 1998-2003Allocation (Rs. InMillion)Target (Million Persons)StrategiesNil Nil • Through Village Aid Programme.• School as a community center.Nil Nil • School as a community centerNil Nil • Pilot projects of <strong>in</strong>tensive nature on experimental basis2.3 5.0 • Advisory Council for Adult <strong>Literacy</strong> and Adult Education recommended.• National Education Corps,.• Armed forces to play a role.• Industrial establishments to run literacy classes for workers.50.0 8.5 • Population 12-45 years to be covered.750.0834.0 (ActualExpenditure)• <strong>Pakistan</strong> Television <strong>Literacy</strong> Program to be augmented.15.0 • Population 10-24 years to be covered.• Establishment of LAMEC• NGOs and local governments to be <strong>in</strong>volved.• Fresh matriculates to take up literacy work for one year.• Debarr<strong>in</strong>g illiterates form employment.300.0 12.5 • Universilazation of Primary Education.• Non-formal Education Programs• NGOs.1750.0 (SAP) 16.86 • Universalization of Primary Education.• NGOs to develop and launch community based literacy programs.• Integration of literacy <strong>in</strong> Rural and Urban Community Development programs.12455.00 55% literacy by 200370% literacy by 2010• Functional <strong>Literacy</strong> Centers for Education of Adults.• Establishment of new 75000 NFBE schools___________________________________________________________________________________________________________*Source: Human Development <strong>in</strong> South Asia 2002, Mahbub-ul-Haq Human Development Center, Oxford University Press, Karachi.14

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