Education System of Pakistan.
Education System in Pakistan has always been a subject of great importance when it comes
to the country’s development and progressit is proclaimed in the Constitution
of Pakistan to provide free and compulsory education to all children between
the ages of 5-16 years and enhance adult literacy. With the 18th constitutional
amendment the concurrent list which comprised of 47 subjects was abolished and
these subjects, including education, were transferred to federating units as a
move towards provincial autonomy.
The education system of Pakistan is comprised of
260,903 institutions and is facilitating 41,018,384 students with the help of
1,535,461 teachers. The system includes 180,846 public institutions and 80,057
private institutions. Hence 31% educational institutes are run by private
sector while 69% are public institutes.The educational
system of Pakistan is founded on unequal lines. Medium of education is
dissimilar in both, private and public sector. This generates a sort of
inequality amongst people, dividing them into 2 sections.The distribution of funds for education is very
stumpy. It is only 1.5 to 2.0 percent of the entire GDP. It need to be around 7
percent of the entire GDP. The teachers in government schools are not
satisfactory trained. They are not workwise trained teachers so they are unable
to guide a nation.
Taking into account the failing of education, it
becomes evident that there haven’t been many solid initiatives of improvement
towards obtaining any improvements until last few years when some private
institutions emerged into the limelight. The history of education shows that
there were not many educational facilities available to the Pakistani students
who wanted to pursue their studies.
There are some solutions like there is a need for implementation of
national education policy and vision 2030 education goals. An analysis of
education policy suggests that at the policy level there are several admirable
ideas, but practically there are some shortcomings also.It may not be possible
for the government at the moment to implement uniform education system in the
country, but a uniform curriculum can be introduced in educational institutes
of the country. This will provide equal opportunity to the students of rural
areas to compete with students of urban areas in the job market.
Since majority of Pakistani population resides in rural areas and the
access to education is a major problem for them, it seems feasible that a
balanced approach for formal and informal education be adopted. Government as
well as non-government sector should work together to promote education in
rural areas.
The government should take measures to get school buildings vacated
which are occupied by feudal lords of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab. Efforts
should be made to ensure that proper education is provided in those schools.
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