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EducationF<strong>in</strong>ancial ScenarioFor efficient allocation and disbursement of publicfunds, HEC has developed a formula basedfund<strong>in</strong>g mechanism that assigns appropriateweights to different need and performance<strong>in</strong>dicators along with students and faculty strength.The detail of recurr<strong>in</strong>g funds released to highereducation sector dur<strong>in</strong>g last 4 years is given <strong>in</strong>Table 10.10.Table 10.10: Recurr<strong>in</strong>g Grant Released(Rs. Million)2007-08 <strong>12</strong>,536.52008-09 15,766.42009-10 21,500.02010-11 29,057.0Source: HECNote: For the year <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong>, Rs. 26.9 million havebeen allocated as annual recurr<strong>in</strong>g grant out of which55 percent has been released so far.To streaml<strong>in</strong>e and support <strong>in</strong>stitutional processesand operations, the HEC has successfully<strong>in</strong>troduced/<strong>in</strong>stalled SAP Enterprise ResourcePlann<strong>in</strong>g (ERP) application <strong>in</strong> its offices. The HEChas <strong>in</strong>troduced a tenure track system, which offersa market based competitive salary package toattract and reta<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>telligentsia <strong>in</strong> public sector<strong>in</strong>stitutions of higher learn<strong>in</strong>g. Currently, there are1,257 tenure track teachers work<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> differentpublic sector universities. In addition to recurr<strong>in</strong>gfunds, development funds were also released underthe “Subsidy to Scholars under Cultural ExchangeProgramme”. The details are given <strong>in</strong> Table 10.11.Table 10.11: Subsidy to Scholars (Rs. Millions)YearSubsidy Tendered2008-09 21.52009-10 77.02010-11 75.7<strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> 13.5Total 187.8Source: HECPlann<strong>in</strong>g & DevelopmentIn the development portfolio of HEC, there are 174ongo<strong>in</strong>g projects. Only 3 new projects wereallowed to be <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the current year PSDP.Up till March 20<strong>12</strong>, 70 percent of the orig<strong>in</strong>alallocated funds have been released to developmentprojects. The HEC expects to complete 48development projects dur<strong>in</strong>g the current f<strong>in</strong>ancialyear. The year wise breakup is given <strong>in</strong> Table10.<strong>12</strong>. and Fig-10.5.Table 10.<strong>12</strong>: Development Expenditure(Rs. Billions)F<strong>in</strong>ancial Year Allocation Releases2008-09 18.00 16.422009-10 22.50 11.302010-11 15.76 14.06*<strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> 14.00 8.96Total 70.26 50.74Source: HEC*The releases are till Dec. <strong>2011</strong>Rs. billionFig 10.5: Development Expenditure Allocation25.0020.0015.0010.005.000.00Source: HEC18.0016.4222.5011.3015.7614.06Releases14.008.962008-09 2009-10 2010-11 *<strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong>Education <strong>Survey</strong>Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) is acitizen led household based learn<strong>in</strong>g survey mostly<strong>in</strong> rural and selected urban areas. It measureslearn<strong>in</strong>g levels of children 5-16 years the same agegroup as identified for compulsory education <strong>in</strong>Article 25 A of the Constitution of <strong>Pakistan</strong>. ASERis conducted each year across <strong>Pakistan</strong> and willcont<strong>in</strong>ue up to 2015. It is led by the Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) <strong>in</strong> collaboration with theNational Commission for Human Development(NCHD), S<strong>in</strong>dh Education Foundation and manyother Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). In <strong>2011</strong>,84 rural and 3 urban city districts, 2,502 villages,97 urban blocks and 3,642 government/privateschools were surveyed. The survey <strong>in</strong>cluded49,793 households and 146,874 children. TheASER <strong>2011</strong> <strong>Survey</strong> was conducted <strong>in</strong> 84 rural and3 Urban districts (Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi)147

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