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MCQs (Part 4)
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31The “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Free Compulsory Primary and Secondary Education Act” was passed by the provincial assembly in which year?
The Act was passed by the KP Assembly on 5 February 2017, making Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the last of the four provinces to legislate on free and compulsory education after devolution.
32Having first been promulgated as an ordinance in March 2013, the Balochistan Compulsory Education Act formally became law in which year?
The Balochistan Compulsory Education Ordinance of March 2013 was passed by the provincial assembly and became an Act on 4 February 2014.
33The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan, a citizen-led household survey on children’s schooling and learning outcomes, is primarily facilitated by:
ASER Pakistan is led by Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA), also known as the Centre for Education and Consciousness, mobilizing thousands of citizen volunteers annually.
34ASER Pakistan has been conducted on an annual basis, following an initial pilot phase, since approximately:
ASER Pakistan began with a pilot phase in 2008 and has been conducted annually since 2009, expanding from 11 to well over 100 districts.
35The Benazir Income Support Programme’s “Waseela-e-Taleem” initiative is primarily designed to:
Waseela-e-Taleem is a conditional cash transfer under BISP intended to support and encourage school enrollment among out-of-school children from beneficiary households.
36ASER Pakistan’s household survey typically assesses the schooling status and basic learning levels of children in which age range?
ASER surveys are designed to capture the schooling status and foundational learning levels of children aged 3 to 16 years across both rural and urban districts.
37Compared to the 12-year span implied by SDG 4 targets, the Balochistan Compulsory Education Act, 2014, mandates free and compulsory education for how many years?
The Act covers ages five to sixteen, amounting to 10 years of mandated free and compulsory education, falling short of the 12-year benchmark associated with SDG 4.
38Among Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which province was the last to pass its own free and compulsory education legislation after the 18th Amendment?
While the ICT Act came in 2012 and Sindh, Punjab, and Balochistan legislated in 2013–2014, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Act was not passed until 2017.
39In the sequence of post-18th Amendment education legislation, the Sindh “Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act” (2013) was enacted:
The ICT Act was signed in December 2012, and Sindh followed with its own Right to Education Act in February 2013 — after both the ICT Act and Article 25-A (2010).
40Besides Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi, which federal statutory body focused on human development and literacy has partnered in conducting the ASER survey?
The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) is among the semi-autonomous bodies that have partnered with ITA in conducting ASER surveys.
