Abstract
AJK (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) is known as Pakistan Administered Kashmir and the government is a small administrative unit under overall sovereignty of Pakistan. It has a total area of 13297 sq kilometers with a 3.8 million population. This study critically examines the problems of primary education system in AJK State specifically in govt. primary schools in Pakistan administrative Kashmir, a part of former princely state called Azad Jammu and Kashmir. For this purpose a significant assessment of on hand literature was passed out. On the basis of deeper and critical investigation of literature, the study found that most neglected level of education is primary education which is poorly financed and poorly managed. The political interference in the system breeds corruption, favoritism and nepotism. The supervision system is weak and traditionally characterized having no effective mechanism for teacher training and poor system of accountability exist. Successive educational policies have failed to bring any positive changes in the system due to poor implementation and monitoring. The outdated curriculum of the primary education is executed. Assessment is based on the memory of the students rather than their performance. On the basis of this study it is recommended that problems can be solved by robust system of accountability, quality assessment system, eradication of corruption, non political interference, and quality curriculum and teachers motivation.
Highlights
According to child right policy success of a society depends upon basic primary education
Quality education must be unbiased to gender and other inequalities; issues of parental and community conflicts; children’s health and nutrition; and the management of the education system itself
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) emerged from the United Nations (UN) Millennium Declaration in 2000, and are possibly the most politically important deal ever made for international development
Summary
According to child right policy success of a society depends upon basic primary education. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) emerged from the United Nations (UN) Millennium Declaration in 2000, and are possibly the most politically important deal ever made for international development They identify specific broad range of development priorities across the world, including education, gender, health, environment, poverty, and international partnerships. The education system is same as Pakistan like: pre-school (02 years), primary level (05 years), Middle level (03 years), Secondary level (02 years) and higher secondary (02 years) With this perspective in AJK primary education sector, the state contains of 4202 government primary schools with 9589 available primary teachers and children out of school are 43% with 35% dropout rate and teachers absent rate from school is 12%, language outcomes are very poor with wide regional disparities. For financial year (2015/16) share allocated for primary education amounts is 10.234 million rupees only This shows that at present primary education is not a priority area in AJK.
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