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National Education Commission 1959

The National Education Commission of 1959 was established by President Ayub Khan to reform Pakistan's education system and make it more suited to meeting national needs. The commission, chaired by S.M. Sharif, submitted its report with recommendations in August 1959 after analyzing previous education reports and systems in other countries. The commission recommended expanding religious, vocational, and higher education, making primary education compulsory, focusing on science and technical fields, and establishing Urdu as the national language of instruction. However, many of the commission's recommendations were not fully implemented due to Pakistan's conditions and lack of resources at the time.

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National Education Commission 1959

The National Education Commission of 1959 was established by President Ayub Khan to reform Pakistan's education system and make it more suited to meeting national needs. The commission, chaired by S.M. Sharif, submitted its report with recommendations in August 1959 after analyzing previous education reports and systems in other countries. The commission recommended expanding religious, vocational, and higher education, making primary education compulsory, focusing on science and technical fields, and establishing Urdu as the national language of instruction. However, many of the commission's recommendations were not fully implemented due to Pakistan's conditions and lack of resources at the time.

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NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL

COMMISSION 1959
Instructor Name: Farheen
Malik
Educational policy
 Educational policy Education policy are the
principles and government policy-making in the
educational sphere, as well as the collection of laws
and rules that govern the operation of education
systems. 
National educational commission
1959
 National education commission 1959 National
Commission of education was adopted by
Government on 30th December 1958.

 This commission was known as Sharif commission.


Its chairman was S.M Sharif.

 The main reason was that the existing system of


education was not adequate to meet the
requirements of national.
 This commission was lunched by President
Mohammad Ayub Khan on 5 January 1959.

 On 5th January 1959 the Commission started to


prepared education policy. On Aug 26, 1959.

 Aug 26, 1959, the Commission submitted its report


covers 350 pages.
Objectives of commission
 Religious education was made compulsory in this
commission.
  Equal expansion for boys and girls.
 Training of manpower, educated citizen and
competent leadership required for the country.
  To meet the individual and collective need and
aspirations of the people of the country.
 To provide individuals full opportunities to develop
their skills and development for all .
  Vocational abilities needed for the creation of a
progressive and democratize society.
  Preservations of the ideas which led to the creation
of Pakistan and strengthening the concept of it with
the unified nation.
 To create a sense of unity and of nationhood among
the people of Pakistan.
  Training of leadership group in engineering the
skills of government and commercial development.
The commission analyzed
 All the previous reports and prevailing situation of
country.

 The reforms movements in other societies.

 And submitted a comprehensive report to


government after one year in 1960.
Silent feature of this commission

 Higher education
 Vocational education
 Primary education
 Secondary education
 Adult education Physical education
  Religious education
  The arts,  education of children with disabilities,
educational institutions, and of military training.
Recommendations of commission

 Character building
  Compulsory primary education
  Focus on science and technical education 
 National language as medium of instruction
 Three year degree program
 Elimination of illiteracy.
Implementation
 Implementation The National Education
commission recommendation were useful but due to
the conditions of country and the situation of
resource they are not applied well.

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