Comments on: Education Policy – Your Input Requested http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:24:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: sipraomer http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-231376 sipraomer Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:14:00 +0000 http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-231376 Salam O Alaikum, Dear Sir I need to tell you few things. First we have to make our primary education system more effective. From One to Eight are the critical years of a young student. He/she should be provided with stronger foundations. Teachers are the soul of education. First of all they should be educated and well trained. A teacher who has nominal education him/herself and doesn't know the psyche of the students is garbage. Unfortunately Pakistan is producing more garbage than teachers. I have been the strong opponent of the rote system throughout my student life. I have suffered for this resulting low academic grades despite the fact that my concepts were clear. You have to change the attitude by changing the examination system. First Objective type should be 80%. Secondly in Objective type there should be conceptual questions rather than questions requiring rote and lengthy responses. For instance what is Two Nation theory is more important than When was Two Nation Theory introduced and who introduced it. When and Who are bad words. What is the most important one. In classes one or maximum two subjects should be taught each day. 8 subjects daily do nothing but confuse the students. In order for them to digest they need to focus. Thirdly, there should be education inspectors who continuously make rounds of the schools and colleges. Teachers are not Gods. They force us to come daily and regularly but some of them come when ever they want to come. They make principles but they don't practice these themselves. The inspectors should insure their attendence as well. Students not interested in studies and just come to institution to spoil the environment of the class(bullies) should be expelled. So that dedicated students could concentrate. I feel that private education rewards me more than regular one because of bullies and culprits. I believe that with theoratical education , practical training for skills and technical skills should also be taught to the students starting from 8th grade. I believe outdated curiculum should be revised by renouned scholars. By updating I don't mean by changing the order of headings and nominally adding peanut size information in the chapters. We need to update the concepts. Weaknesses of the text should also be corrected. Difficult English words shouldn't be used. Instead easy words but complicated concepts should be there. I think if ten teachers take one practical, then will lessen the risk of students paying bribes to teachers in the exams. What happens is that teachers favor their relatives in some instances. Examiners should be from more than one different institution combined together for monitoring the exams activity. I have seen teachers helping their relatives cheat in exams too. A shameful scenario. In training they should be taught moral values too. High fees of the private schools should be controlled by setting a limit. Those schools which don't provide good education and their students need academies to study should be banned. Key Books, Past Question Papers should be banned. The class environment should be more debate based than dicatotarial and boring. New intellectual horizons arise when ever you give the chance for students to comment and state their views about the subject. After the lecture there should be Q&A session. Teachers' wages should be increased in order to motivate them towards providing good instructions to their students. The fear of loosing high waged job will ensure their hard work and full capacity. Other wise anyone can find 10,000 to 15000 salary jobs. Instead of building new universities use that money to increase Teachers pays. You have to run already built institutions by making them run on full force. They should be 100% efficient. If you don't increase salaries you do nothing. I am a student of bachelors and 10 years ago as an 8th grade student I wrote an unpublished book in which politics, education, philosophy, society all were discussed in 50 articles. You should arrange such surveys to students for evaluating their teachers without mentioning students names. Low ranked teachers should either be trained and re trained or be removed. Some terminologies should be changed and re introduced to the public in order to make it easy for the students to understand. Expecially students run away from science(including me) despite the fact that they like science is that difficult words are used and difficult terminologies are used. For instance instead of using a word Nucleus, we can also use the word Head Quarters. It would also make education learning more fun. Compare these two statements. 1.Nucleus is the main core of a cell from which it instructs the functions of a cell. 2. HQ(Head Quarter) of a cell controls all its activities. HQ is more common term than the boring biological word Nucleus. Since both can be explained with different ways why not choose easy words and more information instead of writing one para about cell and cell membrane and blah blah full of difficult words and terms which are difficult and sometimes impossible for the students. Such language should be used to ensure that students spend time to understand concepts rather than rotting the syllabus. Finally , questions in the papers should be out of syllabus and should be there to check the knowledge and grasping of the concepts. Syllabus should be such as to clear the conepts and deliver basic information. Ebooks should be available in the schools and students in the class room should be encouraged to read at least for 2 hours daily in order to develop good reading habits. Salam O Alaikum, Dear Sir I need to tell you few things.
First we have to make our primary education system more effective. From One to Eight are the critical years of a young student. He/she should be provided with stronger foundations. Teachers are the soul of education. First of all they should be educated and well trained. A teacher who has nominal education him/herself and doesn’t know the psyche of the students is garbage. Unfortunately Pakistan is producing more garbage than teachers. I have been the strong opponent of the rote system throughout my student life. I have suffered for this resulting low academic grades despite the fact that my concepts were clear. You have to change the attitude by changing the examination system. First Objective type should be 80%. Secondly in Objective type there should be conceptual questions rather than questions requiring rote and lengthy responses. For instance what is Two Nation theory is more important than When was Two Nation Theory introduced and who introduced it. When and Who are bad words. What is the most important one. In classes one or maximum two subjects should be taught each day. 8 subjects daily do nothing but confuse the students. In order for them to digest they need to focus. Thirdly, there should be education inspectors who continuously make rounds of the schools and colleges. Teachers are not Gods. They force us to come daily and regularly but some of them come when ever they want to come. They make principles but they don’t practice these themselves. The inspectors should insure their attendence as well. Students not interested in studies and just come to institution to spoil the environment of the class(bullies) should be expelled. So that dedicated students could concentrate. I feel that private education rewards me more than regular one because of bullies and culprits. I believe that with theoratical education , practical training for skills and technical skills should also be taught to the students starting from 8th grade. I believe outdated curiculum should be revised by renouned scholars. By updating I don’t mean by changing the order of headings and nominally adding peanut size information in the chapters. We need to update the concepts. Weaknesses of the text should also be corrected. Difficult English words shouldn’t be used. Instead easy words but complicated concepts should be there. I think if ten teachers take one practical, then will lessen the risk of students paying bribes to teachers in the exams. What happens is that teachers favor their relatives in some instances. Examiners should be from more than one different institution combined together for monitoring the exams activity. I have seen teachers helping their relatives cheat in exams too. A shameful scenario. In training they should be taught moral values too. High fees of the private schools should be controlled by setting a limit. Those schools which don’t provide good education and their students need academies to study should be banned. Key Books, Past Question Papers should be banned. The class environment should be more debate based than dicatotarial and boring. New intellectual horizons arise when ever you give the chance for students to comment and state their views about the subject. After the lecture there should be Q&A session. Teachers’ wages should be increased in order to motivate them towards providing good instructions to their students. The fear of loosing high waged job will ensure their hard work and full capacity. Other wise anyone can find 10,000 to 15000 salary jobs. Instead of building new universities use that money to increase Teachers pays. You have to run already built institutions by making them run on full force. They should be 100% efficient. If you don’t increase salaries you do nothing. I am a student of bachelors and 10 years ago as an 8th grade student I wrote an unpublished book in which politics, education, philosophy, society all were discussed in 50 articles. You should arrange such surveys to students for evaluating their teachers without mentioning students names. Low ranked teachers should either be trained and re trained or be removed. Some terminologies should be changed and re introduced to the public in order to make it easy for the students to understand. Expecially students run away from science(including me) despite the fact that they like science is that difficult words are used and difficult terminologies are used. For instance instead of using a word Nucleus, we can also use the word Head Quarters. It would also make education learning more fun. Compare these two statements.
1.Nucleus is the main core of a cell from which it instructs the functions of a cell.

2. HQ(Head Quarter) of a cell controls all its activities. HQ is more common term than the boring biological word Nucleus.

Since both can be explained with different ways why not choose easy words and more information instead of writing one para about cell and cell membrane and blah blah full of difficult words and terms which are difficult and sometimes impossible for the students. Such language should be used to ensure that students spend time to understand concepts rather than rotting the syllabus.

Finally , questions in the papers should be out of syllabus and should be there to check the knowledge and grasping of the concepts. Syllabus should be such as to clear the conepts and deliver basic information. Ebooks should be available in the schools and students in the class room should be encouraged to read at least for 2 hours daily in order to develop good reading habits.

]]> By: imazeem http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-78059 imazeem Thu, 01 May 2008 07:52:05 +0000 http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-78059 I can not download file..... is there any technical issue in it...... I can not download file….. is there any technical issue in it……

]]> By: imazeem http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-78058 imazeem Thu, 01 May 2008 07:51:11 +0000 http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-78058 Pay special intention to train teachers.... Try to intoduce extras curicular activities in Govt Schools to make schools attractive for young generation/ Students....... as you can not negate that this is the most attractive thing for student and will be helpful to attract them. these activities include Sports...... workshops and seminars and this is not difficult thing to implement if one is sincere. God bless us...... Pay special intention to train teachers….
Try to intoduce extras curicular activities in Govt Schools to make schools attractive for young generation/ Students……. as you can not negate that this is the most attractive thing for student and will be helpful to attract them.

these activities include Sports…… workshops and seminars and this is not difficult thing to implement if one is sincere.

God bless us……

]]> By: imazeem http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-78057 imazeem Thu, 01 May 2008 07:47:10 +0000 http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-78057 just intrduce some solid programs to motivate people including parents and introduce scholarships at very root level in education. The problem is not only to train the people who do not pay intention to send there kids in schools. BUT if you are keen in this matter just observe the students in common govt schools....... more than 50% students are not sincere with studies and I am really feel pain to think that Teachers have no interest to educate in such schools and just getting govt jobs and intention in tution or side business like activity. Any how the challenge is big but this man can do.... Mr. Ahsan Iqbal..... He has got a big responsibility and hope he wil be successful. just intrduce some solid programs to motivate people including parents and introduce scholarships at very root level in education.

The problem is not only to train the people who do not pay intention to send there kids in schools. BUT if you are keen in this matter just observe the students in common govt schools……. more than 50% students are not sincere with studies and I am really feel pain to think that Teachers have no interest to educate in such schools and just getting govt jobs and intention in tution or side business like activity.

Any how the challenge is big but this man can do…. Mr. Ahsan Iqbal…..
He has got a big responsibility and hope he wil be successful.

]]> By: Shaz http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-77136 Shaz Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:44:27 +0000 http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-77136 Read the Ugly face of student unions http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=109575 Read the Ugly face of student unions

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=109575

]]> By: Naved Haqqi http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-76239 Naved Haqqi Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:23:00 +0000 http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-76239 Education Policy Debate "If we can't do something right ourselves, why not borrow it from someone else?" It is quite understandable and logical too. Why bother reinventing the wheel when others have already done it. I wish it was as simple as that. After going through the whole Education Policy document, I must admit that I was not aware of the dynamics that are in play in our multi-cultural society and the peril that we are in today. Although the document simply touches those aspects, but the mere mention of the problems that the planners are facing, gives a clue as to the magnitude of the issue. I wish it was as simple as some comentators have tried to suggest. The document recognizes the fact that one of the 'real' problems is the lack of commitment to the policy goal itself. Here is the reason why, and I quote: "The prevailing objective (of the education system) was service to the administration rather than service to the sutdents and learners. this assessment is echoed by the Economist Intelligence Unit assessment in its latest review of education, in which it observes that 'Pakistan's education system is among the most deficient and backward in Asia, reflecting the traditional determination of feudal ruling elite to preserve its hegemony' " (Page 17, section 75). Now here is the million dollar question. How can you expect a government, or the ruling elite (is it 50 families now???) that is predominantly composed of feudals, to actually implement the policy in its true spirit? Isn't it an oxymoron? I'm sure the previous policy documents also recognized the problems and provided policy actions to remedy those. My friends, it is the will that is absent, the political will. Furthermore, I could not find adequate emphasis on accountability. I wish it was at all levels, right from top to bottom. Mr. Ahsan Iqbal could start by writing his own resignation dating it January 1, 2010, and puting it in his draw, in case he is unable to have a new Education Policy passed and initiate its implementation by then. So, response to our honorable minister is that you have a great policy document and if half of what is proposed in the document is fulfilled, we will see results. I would advise him to have a meeting with the actual parties, meaning the feudals, and pose a simple question; "Will you let me apply this document or not?" But then, probably Mr. Iqbal is simply making us feel good that the ministry is trying to engage Pakistani citizens in this dialogue for a viable solution. I remember his days when he was the Chief Coordinator/Minister of State, Pakistan Program 2010 (1997 - 1999). God only knows what happened to those ambitious targets of Program 2010. Why do I feel that we've been taken for a ride, right from the very beginning? The document does recognize that there has been significant progress during 2001 - 2005 but still falls far behind other countries in the region. That gives us some hope that some headway is being made. So, in that spirit, I can only hope and pray that Mr. Ahsan Iqbal is able to get this policy document both approved and implemented in its true spirit. He will have at least one Pakistani's support. God bless all!! Education Policy Debate
“If we can’t do something right ourselves, why not borrow it from someone else?” It is quite understandable and logical too. Why bother reinventing the wheel when others have already done it.

I wish it was as simple as that. After going through the whole Education Policy document, I must admit that I was not aware of the dynamics that are in play in our multi-cultural society and the peril that we are in today. Although the document simply touches those aspects, but the mere mention of the problems that the planners are facing, gives a clue as to the magnitude of the issue. I wish it was as simple as some comentators have tried to suggest.

The document recognizes the fact that one of the ‘real’ problems is the lack of commitment to the policy goal itself. Here is the reason why, and I quote: “The prevailing objective (of the education system) was service to the administration rather than service to the sutdents and learners. this assessment is echoed by the Economist Intelligence Unit assessment in its latest review of education, in which it observes that ‘Pakistan’s education system is among the most deficient and backward in Asia, reflecting the traditional determination of feudal ruling elite to preserve its hegemony’ ” (Page 17, section 75).

Now here is the million dollar question. How can you expect a government, or the ruling elite (is it 50 families now???) that is predominantly composed of feudals, to actually implement the policy in its true spirit? Isn’t it an oxymoron? I’m sure the previous policy documents also recognized the problems and provided policy actions to remedy those. My friends, it is the will that is absent, the political will. Furthermore, I could not find adequate emphasis on accountability. I wish it was at all levels, right from top to bottom. Mr. Ahsan Iqbal could start by writing his own resignation dating it January 1, 2010, and puting it in his draw, in case he is unable to have a new Education Policy passed and initiate its implementation by then.

So, response to our honorable minister is that you have a great policy document and if half of what is proposed in the document is fulfilled, we will see results. I would advise him to have a meeting with the actual parties, meaning the feudals, and pose a simple question; “Will you let me apply this document or not?” But then, probably Mr. Iqbal is simply making us feel good that the ministry is trying to engage Pakistani citizens in this dialogue for a viable solution. I remember his days when he was the Chief Coordinator/Minister of State, Pakistan Program 2010 (1997 – 1999). God only knows what happened to those ambitious targets of Program 2010. Why do I feel that we’ve been taken for a ride, right from the very beginning?

The document does recognize that there has been significant progress during 2001 – 2005 but still falls far behind other countries in the region. That gives us some hope that some headway is being made. So, in that spirit, I can only hope and pray that Mr. Ahsan Iqbal is able to get this policy document both approved and implemented in its true spirit. He will have at least one Pakistani’s support.

God bless all!!

]]> By: Jawad Raja http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-76237 Jawad Raja Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:21:43 +0000 http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-76237 Mr. Ahsan, If you recall, I was correct to urge you over the phone not to listen to Mr. Khan and go ahead with contesting elections. I will argue that your report has not identified the real issue with respective to education failure in Pakistan. I respect your commitment to make a difference. Should you need help to identify the core issue and possible alternatives, please do not hesitate to contact me. (ahmedraja@hotmail.com : jar064000@utdallas.edu) Mr. Ahsan,

If you recall, I was correct to urge you over the phone not to listen to Mr. Khan and go ahead with contesting elections.

I will argue that your report has not identified the real issue with respective to education failure in Pakistan. I respect your commitment to make a difference. Should you need help to identify the core issue and possible alternatives, please do not hesitate to contact me. (ahmedraja@hotmail.com : jar064000@utdallas.edu)

]]> By: mobeenafzal http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-76169 mobeenafzal Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:35:13 +0000 http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-76169 teaching as a profession needs to be elevated and made more rewarding both in financially as well socially. what is happening is that the brightest of the students each year look for jobs and go in for civil services, multinational companies within the country and abroad, studies abroad and ultimately spending the rest of their lives there to the benefit of other countries etc etc. those who take up teaching after their masters degree are by and large those who have not been lucky enough to make it to any of the above mentioned options. then there are also those who are preparing for the civil service exams and use teaching as a interim source of income. they are not committed to the profession and are unable to perform well. with the current rising cost of livings, financial package is by far the most important factor for the young brilliant student. i feel we need to make their package more attractive than the ones offered by civil services and multinational companies. a good dedicated teacher will turn out hundreds of good students and citizens each year. a per-force teacher will not be dedicated to the profession and will not be turning out as many good students. in fact, he may well be turning out bad students and citizens each year. please elevate the status of the teaching profession teaching as a profession needs to be elevated and made more rewarding both in financially as well socially. what is happening is that the brightest of the students each year look for jobs and go in for civil services, multinational companies within the country and abroad, studies abroad and ultimately spending the rest of their lives there to the benefit of other countries etc etc.
those who take up teaching after their masters degree are by and large those who have not been lucky enough to make it to any of the above mentioned options. then there are also those who are preparing for the civil service exams and use teaching as a interim source of income. they are not committed to the profession and are unable to perform well.
with the current rising cost of livings, financial package is by far the most important factor for the young brilliant student. i feel we need to make their package more attractive than the ones offered by civil services and multinational companies.
a good dedicated teacher will turn out hundreds of good students and citizens each year. a per-force teacher will not be dedicated to the profession and will not be turning out as many good students. in fact, he may well be turning out bad students and citizens each year.
please elevate the status of the teaching profession

]]> By: ralo99 http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-76149 ralo99 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:54:36 +0000 http://pkpolitics.com/2008/04/18/education-policy-your-input-required/#comment-76149 Dear Honorable Minister, I believe that we should have a uniform educational system all over pakistan.Each Province is different.So it needs to have a system, which is acceptable to the locals.But there should be some basic structure, which should be common in all provinces. 1)The compulsory teaching Pakistan Studies, Urdu and Islamiyat, should be abolished after matriculation , as we study the same thing again and again over the years.So we can concentrate on a particular field. 2)English should remain compulsory till graduation with special emphasis on spoken english 3)Education should be compulsory at least till matriculation and it should be implemented properly 4)All subjects, should be taught in english, as i have seen people studying every subjects in urdu, once a student asked, his teacher to teach him english in urdu:P 5)Regional Language should be also taught along with national language.Though it looks nationalistic, but it will solve many problems, particularly in Interior Sindh, Saraiki region, NWFP and Balochistan, as people there dont want to study urdu, so rather than forcing, or imposing the language upon them, we should allow them to study, their mother tongue 6)There should be benefits for attending schools, i.e free lunch, free books, some monthly bursary for students, as it would encourage people enrolling their children to school 7)Reducing the rate of dropouts.Most of the parents do enroll their children, but the dropout rates are very high. 8)Eliminating Political appointments of teachers.During the tenure of the previous government, there used be a quota for every MNAs,MPAs,District and Teshil Nazims, who would in return either sell that quota or make political appointments on 3 year contract.This lead to appointment of several incompetent person for this post.This should not be repeated again 9)Ghost Schools should be eliminated 10)The Parha Likha Punjab Programme should implemented in its true spirit.Other programmes such as Parha Likha Sindh, Parha Likha Sarhad, Parha Likha Balochistan should also be started, or in other words, there should be a programme, Parha Likha Pakistan 11)There should be an awareness programme, on benefits of sending girls to schools 12)We should be a neutral neutral perspective rather than biased one, including all events leading to the creation of pakistan and afterwards.So the future generations know the reality rather than living in fools paradise.They will also learn from the mistakes committed by us and our elders.So they are not repeated again and again.But what i see here is, that we are not learning for the mistakes committed by our elders,as we dont know what mistakes did they commit,hence we repeat them again and in the end Pakistan suffers. 13)The State Schools, should be as good as the private schools 14)The students, should be given a chance to put theory learnt at school into practice, this would help increase their understanding of what learnt 15)Ratta system, guess papers,and other similar systems should be discouraged 16)In state schools, teacher dont teach to full of their abilities during school time, and almost the entire class get tuitions from the same teacher after school.In feels that the tutors do this on purpose.I am not against tuitions, but in pakistan, students of state run schools are forced to get tuitions by their tutors.So in order eliminate this salaries of the tutors should be increased, so they can provide the maximum to the students in school 17)In Pakistan, teaching is not considered to be a respectable profession, at least at the primary and the secondary level.So students must be taught to respect the teachers 18)During the teaching of languages such as urdu, students should given a glimpse of urdu literature, works of Ghulam Abbas, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi and other, so we know, about this wonderful language.Came goes for languages such as punjabi, sindhi, balochi and phusto,the works of bhuley shah,khulsan khattak,bhattai and others should be taught,as a part of language. 19)We should also be taught about some forgotten heroes, like Faiz, Jalib,Dr Abdus Salam, Major General Tajjumal Hussain Malik,Group Captain Cecil Chaudhary,Justice Dorab Patel,Mahmud Ali, Nural Amin, Raja Tridiv Roy, Chaudhary Rehmat Ali and Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan.Majority of people dont even know, what they did for Pakistan.There are several other who did a lot for Pakistan, but were never honoured by Pakistan.This is probably the reason, for which we are facing shortage of such people.We must educate the coming generations about their services for Pakistan 20)There should be workshops and teaching courses for the teachers, so they can update their teaching techniques with time 21)Now coming to the higher education sector.First i would like you to wipe out corruption,favoritism,nepotism,from HEC.The process of awarding scholarships is totally manipulated,with people using contact,while many deserving students are left out.Also, many HEC scholars, do not return after completing their education,they somehow manage to get a NOC, and stay abroad. 22) Entry Test is unfair.As it does not takes into account the person circumstances of a student(illness,family problems,etc).As a result of this, several talented people suffer, who could be an asset for Pakistan. 23)In Lahore and Karachi, there are several substandard universities, actions should be taken against them 24)Their should be at least one university in each District.And they should meet standards set by HEC.This will help generate skilled and educated labourforce.Thus nobody will be left out, as under the current situation the the number of seats always exceed the number of applicants,so many people are deprived of the right to high education.This will also ease the burden on the large urban areas and their infrastructure facilities, as many people move to urban cities, solely for the purpose of education 25)There should be at least one Women Medical University and one Women Engineering University in each administrative division(Lahore Division,Multan Division, etc) 26)There should be more technical universities,at least one in each division I hope this helps you Rana Khan University College London Dear Honorable Minister,

I believe that we should have a uniform educational system all over pakistan.Each Province is different.So it needs to have a system, which is acceptable to the locals.But there should be some basic structure, which should be common in all provinces.
1)The compulsory teaching Pakistan Studies, Urdu and Islamiyat, should be abolished after matriculation , as we study the same thing again and again over the years.So we can concentrate on a particular field.
2)English should remain compulsory till graduation with special emphasis on spoken english
3)Education should be compulsory at least till matriculation and it should be implemented properly
4)All subjects, should be taught in english, as i have seen people studying every subjects in urdu, once a student asked, his teacher to teach him english in urdu:P
5)Regional Language should be also taught along with national language.Though it looks nationalistic, but it will solve many problems, particularly in Interior Sindh, Saraiki region, NWFP and Balochistan, as people there dont want to study urdu, so rather than forcing, or imposing the language upon them, we should allow them to study, their mother tongue
6)There should be benefits for attending schools, i.e free lunch, free books, some monthly bursary for students, as it would encourage people enrolling their children to school
7)Reducing the rate of dropouts.Most of the parents do enroll their children, but the dropout rates are very high.
8)Eliminating Political appointments of teachers.During the tenure of the previous government, there used be a quota for every MNAs,MPAs,District and Teshil Nazims, who would in return either sell that quota or make political appointments on 3 year contract.This lead to appointment of several incompetent person for this post.This should not be repeated again
9)Ghost Schools should be eliminated
10)The Parha Likha Punjab Programme should implemented in its true spirit.Other programmes such as Parha Likha Sindh, Parha Likha Sarhad, Parha Likha Balochistan should also be started, or in other words, there should be a programme, Parha Likha Pakistan
11)There should be an awareness programme, on benefits of sending girls to schools
12)We should be a neutral neutral perspective rather than biased one, including all events leading to the creation of pakistan and afterwards.So the future generations know the reality rather than living in fools paradise.They will also learn from the mistakes committed by us and our elders.So they are not repeated again and again.But what i see here is, that we are not learning for the mistakes committed by our elders,as we dont know what mistakes did they commit,hence we repeat them again and in the end Pakistan suffers.
13)The State Schools, should be as good as the private schools
14)The students, should be given a chance to put theory learnt at school into practice, this would help increase their understanding of what learnt
15)Ratta system, guess papers,and other similar systems should be discouraged
16)In state schools, teacher dont teach to full of their abilities during school time, and almost the entire class get tuitions from the same teacher after school.In feels that the tutors do this on purpose.I am not against tuitions, but in pakistan, students of state run schools are forced to get tuitions by their tutors.So in order eliminate this salaries of the tutors should be increased, so they can provide the maximum to the students in school
17)In Pakistan, teaching is not considered to be a respectable profession, at least at the primary and the secondary level.So students must be taught to respect the teachers
18)During the teaching of languages such as urdu, students should given a glimpse of urdu literature, works of Ghulam Abbas, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi and other, so we know, about this wonderful language.Came goes for languages such as punjabi, sindhi, balochi and phusto,the works of bhuley shah,khulsan khattak,bhattai and others should be taught,as a part of language.
19)We should also be taught about some forgotten heroes, like Faiz, Jalib,Dr Abdus Salam, Major General Tajjumal Hussain Malik,Group Captain Cecil Chaudhary,Justice Dorab Patel,Mahmud Ali, Nural Amin, Raja Tridiv Roy, Chaudhary Rehmat Ali and Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan.Majority of people dont even know, what they did for Pakistan.There are several other who did a lot for Pakistan, but were never honoured by Pakistan.This is probably the reason, for which we are facing shortage of such people.We must educate the coming generations about their services for Pakistan
20)There should be workshops and teaching courses for the teachers, so they can update their teaching techniques with time
21)Now coming to the higher education sector.First i would like you to wipe out corruption,favoritism,nepotism,from HEC.The process of awarding scholarships is totally manipulated,with people using contact,while many deserving students are left out.Also, many HEC scholars, do not return after completing their education,they somehow manage to get a NOC, and stay abroad.
22) Entry Test is unfair.As it does not takes into account the person circumstances of a student(illness,family problems,etc).As a result of this, several talented people suffer, who could be an asset for Pakistan.
23)In Lahore and Karachi, there are several substandard universities, actions should be taken against them
24)Their should be at least one university in each District.And they should meet standards set by HEC.This will help generate skilled and educated labourforce.Thus nobody will be left out, as under the current situation the the number of seats always exceed the number of applicants,so many people are deprived of the right to high education.This will also ease the burden on the large urban areas and their infrastructure facilities, as many people move to urban cities, solely for the purpose of education
25)There should be at least one Women Medical University and one Women Engineering University in each administrative division(Lahore Division,Multan Division, etc)
26)There should be more technical universities,at least one in each division

I hope this helps you

Rana Khan
University College London

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