Survey of ICTs for Education in India and South Asia, Extended Summary 2010
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Pakistan
Pakistan is officially known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It has a coastline with the Arabic Sea and is bordered by Afghanistan, Iran, India, and China. Pakistan had a steady GDP growth rate of about 7% for several years until the mid 2000s; however with the recent downturn in the economy it has dropped to 4.7% in 2008. The economic structure of Pakistan has changed from an agricultural based economy to a strong service based economy. Legal Framework for ICT and Education Ministry Ministry of Education
Ministry of Information Technology
Key Responsibilities Developing the overall policy framework, curriculum, accreditation, and financial support for select research activities Planning and coordinating projects and programmes pertaining to ICT
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Federal Directorate of Education
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Electronic Government Directorate National Telecommunication Corporation Pakistan Computer Bureau Pakistan Council for Science and Technology
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Ministry of Formulating policies and Science and supervising scientific and technological programmes Technology Pakistan follows a decentralized system of education administration with all academic institutions being under the purview of respective provincial administrations while the Ministry of Education (MoE) has the responsibility of developing the overall policy framework, curriculum, accreditation, and financial support for select research activities. The Federal Directorate of Education under the MoE provides infrastructural facilities to the schools; it is also responsible for implementing the policies of the MoE. The Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) in Pakistan was established in 2002 to plan and coordinate the various projects and programmes in the field of information technology and telecommunications in the country. The major objectives of the ministry are to enable transformation to Electronic Government, provide impetus for the development of a Software Industry, build a state of art Infrastructure and develop a high qualified pool of Human Resource. The Government of Pakistan has also established the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), which formulates policies and supervises scientific and technological programmes in the country.
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