He said Minister of Federal Education and Heritage Shafqat Mehemood would head the task force.
Chaudhry assured that private school fees would be reduced and provincial governments would be asked to streamline it.
He said that basic education would be provided in madrassahs (seminaries) and that all schools, including madrassahs, would follow the same curriculum. Provincial governments would be given a stake in formulation of the curriculum, he added.
The prime minister has also given his approval to ban corporal punishment in schools, Chaudhry added.
Approval was given for measures to be taken to safeguard the rights of children and ensure that there is no child labour or incidents of abuse of children
Discretionary funds of ministries, divisions abolished
The information minister further announced that the cabinet gave approval to abolish discretionary funds of ministries and divisions.
Discretionary funds worth Rs80 billion have been abolished, he said and added that this money will go back to the Parliament.
PM has taken notice of the loss in national exchequer owing to the delay in completion of Tarbela Dam project
The information minister further said that the cabinet has decided to take measures to improve relations with overseas Pakistanis.
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