Roundtable backs research-driven education reforms

Prominent educationists, researchers, and policymakers from Sindh emphasised the critical need to cultivate a culture of data utilisation within the education sector during a recent critical policy roundtable organised by Aga Khan University (AKU). The event underscored a unified commitment to embedding field-based research evidence directly into educational reforms. The discussions across key themes, including Equitable Access and Inclusion, Strengthening Frontline Education Provision, Building Climate Resilient Education Systems, and Governance, Management, and Effective Data Use, will directly inform targeted policy development. This collaborative effort will also shape Sindh’s upcoming education sector plan, translating research findings into tangible policy actions. r Farid Panjwani, Dean of the AKU Institute for Educational Development in Pakistan (IED, PK), highlighted the need for informed steps based on field-based evidence for educational reforms. “Research based evidence is a necessary though not sufficient ingredient of policy making…the 18 studies in Sindh offer empirically validated pathways to improve learning outcomes, and we urge stakeholders to leverage these insights for systemic change.”