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<p>LAHORE: A moot on research in education
has recommended bringing drastic changes in education policy, teachers’
education programmes and curriculum to serve unreached and out-of-school
children.
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</div><p>The recommendations were announced in the concluding session of
the conference organised by Punjab University Institute of Education
and Research at Faisal Auditorium here Thursday. University of
Education’s Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Rauf-e-Azam, Dean Faculty of
Education Prof Dr Mumtaz Akhtar, Institute of Education and Research
Director Prof Dr Rifaqat Ali Akbar, Department of Secondary Education
Chairman Prof Dr Abid Hussain Chaudhry, conference Secretary Dr Shahid
Farooq, Department of Elementary Education Chairman Dr Abdul Qayyum
Chaudhry, renowned scholars from USA, UK, UAE, KSA, Germany, South
Korea, Sweden, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Mauritius, New Zealand and
various parts of Pakistan while a large number of students attended the
moot. Above 255 research papers were presented in the conference. The
researchers recommended that Urdu being the national language should be
made medium of instructions at all academic levels with immediate effect
while English language may be taught as foreign language. The
conference also recommended teaching of Arabic and Islamic Studies from
grade one and Persian from grade 6 should be mandatory at all public and
private sector institutions. The academics suggested uniformity of
curricula and fee at all levels of public and private sector academic
and professional institutions to eradicate all forms of discrimination.</p><p>The
researchers recommended that students be made responsible citizens of
tomorrow and enable them to have practical competence and motivational
incentives to do something about these problems. It recommended
political sensitisation at national and provincial level for taking the
underprivileged communities of the society. The researchers suggested
that a strong, effective and result-oriented monitoring system was
required for proper implementation of policies, decisions and education
reforms in the country.</p></div>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>