ISLAMABAD
\nThe Senate on Monday adopted a unanimous resolution, seeking urgent steps and initiatives by the government to promote literacy among children across the country.
\nThe resolution, moved by Senator Sana Jamali, highlights the fundamental right of every child to access quality education, emphasizing the need for gender-neutral, geographically inclusive, and socioeconomically equitable educational opportunities.
\nThe resolution asked the government to take effective steps to promote the literacy for children and youth in general and girls in particular across the country, and also strengthen the non-formal education (NFE) system on an urgent basis to deliver the programmes.
\nIt further asked for promoting skills-based and innovative learning models to provide right to education to out-of-school children and youth with a special focus on girls\u2019 education to facilitate life-long learning.
\nThe resolution stressed to take steps in order to promote gender equality in education and eliminate disparities by ensuring girls\u2019 and women access to quality education, besides eliminating any barriers, impeding their access to education.
\nIt further called for launching comprehensive awareness campaigns to inform both urban and rural communities about the significance of education through outreach programmes, workshops, and community events in collaboration with the stakeholders and partners.
\nThe resolution pleaded for prioritize and substantially increasing the funding for education and literacy programs and devising the mechanisms to ensure transparency in the allocation and utilization of budgets for education in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The Senate on Monday adopted a unanimous resolution, seeking urgent steps and initiatives by the government to promote literacy among children across the country. The resolution, moved by Senator Sana Jamali, highlights the fundamental right of every child to access quality education, emphasizing the need for gender-neutral, geographically inclusive, and socioeconomically equitable educational opportunities. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-369203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n