Pakistan
Pakistan government set to declare education emergency
The Pakistani government is likely to declare an emergency with the aim of bringing back out-of-school children into the education system and preventing further disparity in educational opportunities.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to announce an education emergency for four years to tackle the education crisis in Pakistan, ARY News reported.
Sources told ARY News that the prime minister would officially declare education emergency in the country in a ceremony set to take place on Tuesday.
Chief Ministers and education ministers of all provinces are likely to attend the meeting.
Pakistan, a nation battling economic crisis, this year voted to elect a new government in power.
Shehbaz Sharif took oath as the PM after days of political debates and seat calculations with none of the parties winning a clear majority.
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