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The goal for a well-functioning education system is quality education for all children, in an inclusive and conducive learning environment. Such a system provides children with convenient access to school so that they are able to enrol, continue their schooling, and learn well enough to gain meaningful employment and to contribute to society. Ideally, it means getting children into school at the right age, establishing a strong foundation for future learning, and building upon that foundation with age and context appropriate material, taught by competent and responsive teachers, in well-resourced classrooms. It means regularly collecting data on schooling and learning outcomes and using this data to inform continuous improvement. It also means providing targeted support to enable all students to stay in school, and to learn well, regardless of their personal limitations.
In an invigorating reform environment in the province and with school education completely under the ambit of the provinces after the 18th Constitutional Amendment, Punjab School Education (SED) has been a primary focus area for the provincial government. In April 2011, Government of Punjab announced the School Education Reforms Roadmap with the objective to ensure quality education to all and 100% enrolment and retention of all school going age children. The Punjab School Education Sector Plan (PSESP) has been developed in order to strategize and provide an operational plan to implement the school education reforms for improving the quality, access and governance of education in the province. The document lays the path for achievement of the goals of Article 25-A.