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To speed up the pace of work to achieve 100% literacy rate is a burning issue for the educationists. The failure of the public sector delivery of education system is adding fuel to the fire and educational innovations are the need of the hour. The very inception of Punjab Education Foundation is a step forward in this regard. Foundation Assisted Schools is the flagship program of Punjab Education Foundation under which assistance is provided to poor strata of society in the province of Punjab through Public-Private Partnership. This study aimed at analyzing whether the Foundation Assisted Schools Program has been successful in improving the quality of schools in their service delivery to the deserving students across the Punjab. The purpose was accomplished by analyzing the enrolment rate, grade transition and survival rate of respective pupil cohort of schools before and after becoming Foundation Assisted School partners. 1209 Foundation Assisted partner schools in 7 districts of the Punjab were constituted the accessible population and out of which 121 were taken randomly as sample. Data concerning trends on the pupil cohort were collected, recorded on Pupil Flow Chart and analyzed with the help of percentage and t-test. Results showed that the Foundation Assisted Schools Program, as a mechanism, was successful in influencing pupil cohort in a positive and desired way as improved ratios of enrolment, grade transitions and survival rate were observed.  \nKeywords: PEF-FAS program, pupil cohort, grade transition, enrolment rate, survival rate  \n*Assistant Professor, Department of Education, [University of Sargodha. Email: nadeem.anwar@uos.edu.pk](University of Sargodha. Email: nadeem.anwar@uos.edu.pk)[ ](University of Sargodha. Email: nadeem.anwar@uos.edu.pk)**Lecturer, Department of Education, University of Sargodha  \n*** Visiting Lecturer, Department of Education, University of Sargodha  \nIntroduction  \nThere is no denying the fact that education is the backbone of a man’s moral, social, political and intellectual growth. On the larger scale, it (education) plays the most important role in nation building. The light seems to come from the bulb but its real source is the generator from which the current is drawn. In the same manner, all the positive aspects depicted by a nation owe to education provided to its citizens. The role of education inhuman resource development, poverty alleviation, political maturity, institutionalized refinement, and economic stability cannot be overlooked by a sensitive nation. It is the prime and chief contributor to the national progress and economic growth of a country. Khan (2010) explicated that in the age of globalization, all the countries are putting their best efforts to utilize every possible mode of education to educate their citizens for the sake of responsible and mature human resources. Cut-throat competition in the field of economic development and political say among the community of nations demands productive participation of all the people who are educated and well-trained. The role of educated people was never considered as vital before this prevalent era of globalization.  \nThe world community showed its commitment and positive intent through its programs like Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and EFA to educate all inhabitants of the globe irrespective of gender, cast, colour and creed. Now, it is the vision of the world community to provide education to every individual as it is regarded as one of the basic and, of course, the most important human right contributing to eradicate poverty and enhance the cause of progress, prosperity, better health and well-being of every individual in the best possible way (Unterhalter & Brighouse, 2007) .  \nPakista","cbCaitUz2JaMcqUz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitUz2JaMcqUz","pdf",111383,12,"English","# Abstract\n# Keywords\n# Introduction","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the study on Punjab’s Foundation Assisted Schools program?\",\"answer\":\"To analyze whether the Foundation Assisted Schools Program improves the quality of schools’ service delivery for the intended student cohort across Punjab.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the study population and sampling determined?\",\"answer\":\"The accessible population consisted of 1,209 Foundation Assisted partner schools across 7 districts of Punjab, and a random sample of 121 schools was selected for analysis.\"},{\"question\":\"Which indicators were used to evaluate impact on the pupil cohort?\",\"answer\":\"The study analyzed enrollment rate, grade transition, and survival rate of the pupil cohort before and after the schools became FAS partners.\"}]","An Analysis of Foundation Assisted Schools Program of Punjab asa Mechanism Influencing Pupil Cohort | PDF",1792081880]