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Punjab Education Budget 2019-20: Up in Volume, But Down In Reality

Ammar Sheikh 

 

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) made education and education reforms the cornerstones for its election manifesto and campaigns, terming its plans for reforming the sector “the most ambitious education agenda in Pakistan’s history”. Yet, the first full budget presented by the new provincial government has left much to be desired in terms of funds funneled towards education, falling even short of allocations made by the previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in some areas.

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Punjab Education Budget: Minor Increase Accompanies Major Cut In Development

The newly-formed provincial government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Punjab presented the budget for the remaining eight months of the fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 on Tuesday amid much furore by the opposition. The budget, in contrast to those presented by the previous PML-N government, showed a very different tangent in priorities.