Overview
- The 38th Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference unanimously endorsed the National Education Emergency Action Plan after months of consultations.
- Federal officials presented a Challenge Fund to finance re-enrolment efforts and provide technical support to provinces.
- All approved measures will be submitted to the Prime Minister-led Education Emergency Task Force for final clearance before implementation.
- Provincial updates included Punjab removing 1.8 million ghost students and outsourcing 10,000 schools, Sindh hiring 93,000 teachers, Balochistan reopening 3,200 schools to re-enrol 140,000 children, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reporting a 6% enrolment rise with 10,000 new teachers, AJK allocating Rs7 billion for 10,000 classrooms, and Gilgit-Baltistan expanding funds and school meals.
- Coverage cited varying figures for out-of-school children—about 20 million in some reports and 25 million in others—underscoring the need to verify baseline data.