The Minister of Federal Education and Professional Training organised and hosted a national conference on diagnosing and addressing the challenges of Early Years Education and Foundational Literacy and Numeracy. The conference had Education Leaders from all across Pakistan and the School Education Department played a leading role with representation in 5 panels. It was mutually decided that a national movement needs to start to build foundational education levels and all stakeholders pledged to play their part. Special Secretary, School Education Department, Punjab Ms. Kalsoom Saqib and Programme Director, PMIU Muhammad Farooq Rasheed attended the event.