Secrets of Past and Promises of Future: Analysis of Affordable Quality Education in Pakistan

Abstract

Sustainable Development allows every human being to get knowledge, skills, attitude, and values. The focus of this study was to analyze the different initiatives taken to achieve Sustainable Development Goal-4 in Pakistan. The major objective of this research was to identify and analyze the initiatives taken for ensuring quality education under the umbrella of SDGs. Mix method approach was used to gather information from stakeholders and educationists. The sample was taken from the Punjab province comprised 125 educationists, scholars, teachers, educational managers, and students who were selected by using a convenient sampling technique. A questionnaire was used as a tool to gather information from the respondents. Basedon analysis of the study, it can be said that most of the stakeholders and educationists were of the view that the major reason for the failure of previous national education policies in Pakistan is the allocation of insufficient budget for education. The findings of FGD unveiled that financial support along with a valid policy and strict monitoring would be the best strategies to achieve the SDG-4 agenda in Pakistan.