Education for All – A Critical Review – Supported by the Commonwealth Education Fund:

The World Conference on Education for All, held at Jomtien, Thailand in March 1990, marked a new start in the global quest to universalize basic education and eradicate illiteracy. By the experience of the 10 year period following Jomtien, the Dakar Framework for Action established 6 major EFA goals and outlined 12 strategies in the year 2000. The Government of Pakistan conceptualized the EFA National Plan of Action (2001-2015) based on the Education Sector Reforms (ESR). ESR as a whole is geared towards addressing issues of low enrollment in schooling, educational inequalities by gender and location and lack of access

to schooling. Halfway down the road, it appears that Pakistan will be unable to meet its commitment to ensuring that by 2015, all children, including those belonging to marginalized groups, will have access to free and primary education of good quality.

To analyze the situation in Sindh, vis-à-vis implementation of EFA strategies, a research grant was awarded to the Sindh Education Foundation by the Commonwealth Education Fund. The research study was conducted to evaluate the framework and application of EFA and its impact on the quality of education in Pakistan, particularly in Sindh. The main focus of the study was to gauge the impact of EFA on the quality of education.

SEF’s undertake research initiatives in order to influence policy decisions. This component has been designed to inspire and communicate systematic research .

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