PAMS has conducted primary and secondary analysis, key informant interviews and focus-group discussions to help inform education policy in Pakistan.
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Foundational Learning Assessment Framework – 2025
This document serves as a proposed outline for developing a Foundational Learning Assessment Framework, offering provincial e ducation departments in Pakistan a structured approach to design systems that monitor and support student learning in early grades. Organized around key guiding questions – why, what, how, when,and for whom to assess – it outlines the essential elements needed to build an effective assessment framework. At its core, the framework promotes the idea that assessments should be used to inform instruction and drive improvements in teaching and learning, rather than serving as tools for certification or selection. It emphasizes the importance of aligning curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment to ensure that children acquire foundational skills in literacy and numeracy during the early years of schooling.
Reimagining CPD (Policy Brief) – 2025
A truly effective CPD framework demands not only ongoing engagement with the teaching community but also empowers teachers to adapt and apply new practices within the unique contexts of their classrooms. Drawing on lived experiences and insights from across Pakistan, this policy note identifies six core elements that are necessary for an effective CPD framework — tailored to meet the evolving needs of Pakistani teachers.
The Missing Third of Pakistan – 2024
The updated study dives into the intra-district and intra-provincial inequalities in terms of access to girls and boys and provides for actionable numbers for education managers to work with.
Learning diagnostics, remediation and recovery – 2022
The policy briefs and the diagnostics framework is an attempt to inform Pakistani policy makers on the need for, and a model of how our teachers and parents can be supported to assist students in recovering lost learning.
Challenges to girls’ education in Balochistan – 2022
This is a set of a five-part series of white papers , which each paper focusing on one fundamental barrier white papers dwelling into key challenges faced by girls, particularly of school going age, in education in the province of Balochistan.
These white papers were developed for the FCDO’s Girls’ Education Challenge program implemented by the International Rescue Committee.
The Missing Third: an out of school children study – 2021
The Missing Third is an updated out-of-school-children study based on the Population Census 2017 and the Pakistan Social & Living Standards Measurement Survey 2019-20.
Digital Content Development Guidelines – 2021
A basic how-to guide for educators interested in developing content using their phone camera
Progression Framework – Maths and Science – 2021
This is an attempt to help educators understand the consequence of low attainment in primary grades, and the potential impact of students’ lack of conceptual clarity can have as they move to higher grades
Pakistani Teachers’ Response to COVID-19 – 2020
While the federal and provincial governments were focused on schools’ closure and reopening, we asked Pakistani teachers what their recommendations would be for the policy makers. This report was a joint collaboration between PAMS and Zindagi Trust.
Trends in Mathematics and Science Study – 2020
The results of Pakistan’s first-ever participation in the TIMSS international benchmarking assessment (maths, science)
Powering Pakistan for the 21st Century – 2017
The three-volume Powering Pakistan for the 21st Century was the first set of publications, with a focus on maths and science education and the way forward.