Pakistan, May 24 -- While much of the world continues debating how to make education accessible, affordable and inclusive, Punjab has delivered one of the most extraordinary educational transformations of recent times. In just two years, 4,014,219 deserving children have been brought into free classrooms through the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), a milestone that many developing countries have struggled to achieve over decades. Far from being an ordinary administrative accomplishment, this represents a powerful model of how political commitment, public-private partnership and focused governance can transform the lives of millions within a remarkably short period.

This is not a promise or a target. It is a reality already unfolding ac...