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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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