Despite the challenge of attaining the Education for All and UN Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015, Pakistan has taken up the challenge, as have many other developing countries of the Commonwealth. This book identifies and compiles practices which are working towards the achievement of universal primary education.

Despite the enormous challenge of attaining the Education for All and UN Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015, Pakistan has taken up the challenge, as have many other developing countries of the Commonwealth. In this handbook for education policy-makers and practitioners, Pakistani educator Fareeha Zahar has identified and compiled good and promising practices which are working towards the achievement of universal primary education in her country. Policy-makers internationally will find that the approaches adopted in Pakistan have much to tell them about how to address similar problems in their own countries.

AbbreviationsForewordThe Context: New Nation, Old Land1. Universal Primary EducationAccelerating UPE2. What Makes a Practice Promising?3. Getting the Policy RightMixing Policy and Reform: Education Sector ReformsGrowing up with Hope: Educating GirlsRecognising the Private SectorCreating Partnerships4. Strategies that WorkWomen TeachersFree TextbooksUrban Fellowship ProgrammeNWFP Teacher Training ProgrammeWhole School Improvement5. Partnering for QualityCooperation for Advancement Rehabilitation ~amp
Education (CARE)Aga Khan University - Institute for Educational Development6. Equity OptionsOverviewThe Citizens FoundationKhwendo Kor7. Giving for EducationIndigenous PhilanthropyExpatriate Philanthropy Developments in Literacy