Scope, Need, Importance and Role of the Education in the Province of Punjab

Discuss the scope, need, importance and role of the education in the province of Punjab

Course: Educational Leadership and Management

Course Code  8605

Level: B.Ed Solved Assignment

ANSWER 

 Pakistan is a Federation of four Provinces-Punjab, Sindh,  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan. According to the constitution, education is on the concurrent list, therefore policies are formulated at the national level i.e. Federal level and implemented at the provincial level but under the devolution of power programme, education has become the subject of district government and the provincial government is only responsible to facilitate and coordinate the district government for effective implementation of national and provincial education policies and programme respectively.

The Provincial Departments of Education are counterparts of the Federal Ministry of Education. In provinces, ministers for education are in charge of the  Provincial Ministries of Education.  Within a province, the Minister for  Education is responsible for policy matters concerning the department. He conducts the business of the department in the Provincial Assembly and submits cases to the Chief Minister to seek his approval on important decisions. The minister keeps the provincial Governor informed about important developments in the field of education.

 

Department of Education, Government of Punjab

The subjects allocated to the Education Department, Government of the Punjab include:

i)  School, College and university education,

ii)  Coordination of schemes for higher studies abroad

iii)  Grant of scholarships,

iv)  Education of handicaps,

v)  Promotion of scientific research, art and literature,

vi)  Production and distribution of education and scientific films,

viii)  Libraries,

viii)  Service matters, except those entrusted to services and General

Administration Department and District Governments.

See the organizational chart of the Department of Education, Government of the Punjab.

i)  Director Public Instruction (Colleges) Secondary Education and Elementary Education.

a)  They advise the  Provincial Government in the formulation of education policies relating to college education secondary school education and elementary education respectively and also see that the approved policies are implemented in their true sense and spirit.

b)  They assess the needs of the masses concerning the opening of new colleges, secondary schools elementary and primary schools and improvement of existing institutions in the province. They also direct for the preparation of development schemes/plans for approval of the Government.

c)  They also direct the preparation of the annual budget regarding expenditure of college, and school education and ensure that they are carefully and economically operated.

d)  They guide the heads of subordinate offices and institutions by paying personal visits for the removal of defects and bottlenecks in the smooth administration and functioning of the institutions.

e)  They are responsible for the effective enforcement of administrative,  financial and discipline rules in institutions and their subordinate offices.

ii)   Director Curriculum Research & Development CentreHis responsibilities are as follows:

a)  Control and supervision of the Curriculum Research and Development Centre.

b)  Planning of research projects.

c)  Planning of curriculum development

d)  Supervision of research projects, curriculum formulation and development by Deputy Directors and Research Associates.

e)  Planning and control of the financial aspects of the Curriculum Research and Development Centre.

f)  Planning and control of the financial aspects of the  Curriculum Research and Development Centre

g)  Liaison with the Ministry of Education. Provincial Curriculum centres. Universities, Boards of Secondary Education Directorate of Staff Development, Provincial Institute of Teacher  Education, Text-Book Board, UNICEF and Punjab Education Department.

h)  Administration of the Curriculum Research and Development Centre.

iii)  Autonomous Bodies

The following are the autonomous Bodies which are under the Department of Education:

i)  There are Six universities in the provinces plus there are four general universities like the University of Punjab, Lahore; the Bahauddin Zakaria. University, Multan, The Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Fatima Jinnah Women  University,  Rawalpindi and two professional universities. The University of Engineering  &Technology Lahore and Texila Rawalpindi. These Universities function as autonomous bodies of higher learning in tile province.

ii)   Boards of Intermediate & Secondary Education

At present there, are eight Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education at Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujranwala,  Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur. The exclusive function of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education is to hold Secondary School Certificate and Intermediate Examination and award certificates. They also hold examinations from Adeeb, Aalim and Faazil certificates in Urdu, Persian and Arabic languages.

iii)  Board of Technical Education

There is one Board of Technical  Education in the Punjab. Its main responsibility is to hold examinations for associate engineers, diplomas in various technologies and SSC examinations. It also formulates the curriculum for these examinations.

iv) Text-book Board

The Punjab Textbook Board is responsible for the printing of textbooks for class 1-I

v)  District Education Officers (Male-Female)

a)  Duties of Drawing and Disbursing Officer in respect of his/her own office.

b)  Financial control of the budget of primary, Middle and High Schools in the District.

c)  Planning and development work of the district.

d)  To assist/guide the department in respect of academic matters.

e)  To attend all other matters as District Head of the education sector i.e. college education secondary education and elementary education respectively.

vi)  Deputy Education Officers

They assist the District Education officers in all matters and inspection of schools.

vii)  Assistant Education OfficerThey perform the following duties:  inspection,  supervision, and guidance of primary Schools.

viii)  Director Staff Development

He arranges refresher courses to guide the teachers in the new methods of teaching. He is an appointing authority in respect of incumbents in NPS-1 to NPS-15 in respect of his office. He controls the teaching staff in elementary colleges. He also arranges training programmes for the heads of institutions and district and Tehsils heads of education department.