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It is very simple just introduce a single syllabus for all over the country students. Despite of the rich and
the poor syllabus, English and Urdu medium syllabus. The education system we have in Pakistan now is
discrimination against poor and non-English speakers. The elite class education is the one that will lead
them to hold the country resources and even country while the poor and other medium students are
just wasting their time to be honest. They will become good human beings but soon they can turn back
very quickly because of injustice and inequality, I think it is a very serious issue and the concerned
people and authorities should take an immediate action.
The system should be changed from being 'Ratta' oriented to practical oriented. So much of a
child's ability is wasted in memorizing things which he might never need in his life like
where salt or other minerals are found and the life history of certain poets. They should be
made to think more and educated to be creative, to give their ideas and to listen to other
people's ideas. The most important thing is that the basic education should be provided to all
children and youth. The improvement in the education system is not a big problem. We need
to educate our thousands of teachers first especially in rural areas if we want to implement
standard English Medium syllabus like the high class private schools in Pakistan. It should bemandatory for them to take refresher courses and workshops provided for free by the Gov. It
will take billions of Rs. but thats the way we can revolutionalise this country. First, we need
to define the purpose of the education. Do we want to produce clerk, or mere operator or
world leaders in every discipline? Do we want to make good human beings or professionals?
I am for producing good human beings, and world leaders in every study area. This is analmost formidable goal, but certainly possible. Many important points have already been
made above in this direction. In this post I will restrict myself to matriculation and college
education. Immediate thing is to improve the examination system. That is it should no longer
be memory test. For the time being, we can model O-level or A-level system. O-level or A-
level does not give a single textbook, only syllabus. Based on this, publisher commissioned
authors to write books. One usually studies more than one book. This will cure most of the ill
known as Ratta fiction. This brings us to contents of the courses. Most of the courses haveactually pretty decent syllabus. Only possible exception is Islamiat. We can make Islamiat
syllabus our own. Islamic Council can be given that task.
A related issue is that We don't have technical book writers in regional languages. We can
remedy this by translating the books recommended by O- or A-level administration. It can be
done in Urdu first, and then other regional languages like Sindhi, Pashto, Baluchi, and
Punjabi. On the other hand, we should also promote book writing within Pakistan in Urdu
and other widely understood regional languages. The entire above step are only the starting
point. Through course of time, it will evolve and reached to point than it will become ours. It
will also direct the transformation of our education system. I believe that it will prove to be
very fruitful starting point.
I believe following measures are vital to improve the system:
1. Improve, update and form curriculum, texts, pedagogy, and examination and evaluation
techniques. Give more importance to language education and mathematics at the primary
and secondary levels. The unfortunate fact is that usually even our postgraduates lack basic
skills in these areas. Language and mathematics are the foundation on which acquisition of
other skills depends. Though much of the problem is due to poor teaching, yet curriculum,
texts, pedagogy and examination techniques also have a lot to do with the current situation.
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2. Instruction in science, history and social studies should be incorporated in language
teaching at the primary and secondary levels through activities and projects. Computer
education should also be introduced gradually right from the elementary stage in education.
3. More emphasis should be given to the development of educational institutions for some
unconventional disciplines as fashion designing, art, music and literature. There is a lot of
talent in the country in this field and a great, high return international market for the
products and services of skillful people in this area. Similarly, a system of continual
vocational training should also be introduced for workers in different fields.
At the proper stage, instruction in foreign languages (especially Arabic for closer cultural
and economic ties with the Arab world, for curbing sectarianism and fanaticism, for greater
unity in the Ummah, and for better understanding of Islam in the educated classes) andsocial skills (for enhancing Emotional Intelligence) should also be encouraged. Both these
areas have gained immense importance in the wake of globalization.
5. Religious education should be incorporated in the mainstream education. For thispurpose, the most important thing is introduction of Arabic as a second language at theappropriate stage. This may not be as difficult as it seems. Some work may be required in
forming the curricula and pedagogy, but the rest can be done just by including good level
Arabic in Civil Services and Army entrance examinations. Similarly, good Arabic can be
made a prerequisite for entrance into a number of other professions and for promotion. (For
example in the judiciary it makes sense to have a judge who has a sound base in Arabicdeciding about Islamic law). Demand will create its own supply, and it is expected that
schools, institutions and parents will also be important contributing factors.
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