The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), as one of the conduits for undertaking public private partnerships in education in Punjab, effectively partners with the private sector through its two major contracting arrangements: subsidies and vouchers. It then initiated another program specifically aimed at opening new schools in partnership with the private sector to expand access to education in areas that lacked educational facilities. However, all this improvement in access to education does not go without a strong emphasis on ensuring quality of education imparted through PEF partner schools. Taking PEF as a case-study, there is a need for provincial governments to leverage the potential of private sector through public-private partnership. Therefore, it is crucial to enhance and articulate the role of education foundations in the provincial education sector plans, education policies and other strategic documents till 2030 in general and for next 5 years in particular.

Source: Pakistan Today July 08, 2019 16:41 UTC