PESRP was initially started for a time span of three years to improve the quality and efficiency of education sector with a cost of Rs.21.7 Billion. Tremendous efforts, for improving access to education, have been made. Incentives such as provision of missing infrastructure, free textbooks, and stipends to the girl students have been undertaken to ensure increase in enrolments. Keeping in view results of the Programme, it has been extended for a period of another three years.
On the onset of the programme, the Punjab Government established Programme Monitoring & Implementation Unit to oversee the monitoring and evaluation systems for the public sector education. In a remarkably short time, the PMIU has developed a robust monitoring system that is independently scrutinized by a system of periodic Third Party Validations (TPVs) and helps continuous monitoring, evaluation and analyses of various inputs of the reform programme.
Key Pillars of PESRP:
· Public finance reforms to realign expenditures at the provincial and district level towards education.
· Devolution and Public Sector Management Reforms.
· Education Sector Reform to improve quality, access and governance of education system.
