Education is the light of life. Education is one of the most important factors in the development of human civilization. Education enhances human status and leads everyone to goodness. It is a continuous and lifelong process. It refers to the most important, valuable, and permanent property of an individual. Education provides manpower, strengthens national unity, and raises public awareness. It invites positive and constructive change in life. It really makes our lives happier and more meaningful. Everyone wants to be well educated. Life can be successful with the help of proper education. Only an educated person can decide what is right and what is wrong. And makes the right decision but the illiterate person fails to do so.
Robert Maynard Hutchins
described it as "the goal of education is to prepare young people to
educate themselves throughout their lives." We must give our youth a way
to educate themselves. Edward Everett had said that "education is better
protection of freedom than a standing army."
We all know the
importance of education. This is the most important aspect of survival of any
nation today. Education builds nations. It determines the future of the nation.
Islam also tells us about education and its importance. According to Islam, the
essence of education is "knowing Allah" but I think we have really
lost in our country. Neither our schools nor our madrassas (Islamic educational
centers) are truly educating our youth in this regard. In schools, we are only
preparing them for "money". We are not educating them; we are just
developing "mini machines". Are we only increasing the load of books
for our children and enrolling them in a reputed, big school just for social
status? On the other hand, we are preparing people in our madrassas who are
very difficult to adjust to in modern society. Sometimes it looks like they are
from another planet. In our country, a madrassa student cannot compete, so the
world is far from it. She also finds it very difficult to talk to the
schoolboy. It is clear that Islamic education is necessary for Muslims, but it
is also a fact that no one can compete in this world without modern education.
There are many examples of Muslim scholars who not only studied the Qur'an with
the help of the Qur'an but also specialized in physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy,
and many other subjects. I think with the current education system we are
narrowing the way for our children instead of widening the way. There is no
doubt that our children are very talented in both schools and madrassas, we
just need to provide them proper ways to improve, they have to be given a place
to become Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Allama Iqbal, Sir Syed Ahmed. Khan,
Alberoni, Ibn al-Hassam, or Einstein, Newton, Thomas Edison. The education
system we are running is no longer working. We have to find a way to bridge
this gap between school and madrassa.
Numerous international
reviews may reveal that Pakistan lags far behind in achieving the Education
Target (EFA) for all countries. We were about to sign an agreement under the
Dakar Framework where all developing countries had decided that they would try
to achieve the EFI target at a meeting in Senegal in 2000. The UNESCO rate in
Pakistan is lower than the EFA Development Index. Due to low (EDI); Primary
school enrollment, adult literacy, gender equality and equality, equality in
education and quality of education. Adult literacy in Pakistan, despite solid
efforts, has failed to go beyond the 50% border line. Women's literacy is very
low because 33% of adult women cannot even read. Furthermore, we will not be
able to achieve our goal of achieving adult literacy by 2015. Progress towards
achieving the targets has been remarkably slow, with the goal of achieving the
goal of gender equality not being achieved by 2015. In addition, 6 million
children are out of school.
The education system in
Pakistan is really bad at the moment. There is no doubt in acknowledging the
fact that education is the backbone of the development of nations. Looking at
the history of nations, we can conclude that the developed nations of the world
can reach the heights of dignity and power through education. The amount allocated
for education is very low and despite the allocation, the money was not spent
as it was intended because corruption is found in all sectors of education and
therefore it is also disbursed by government agencies. Too much. Desirable and
below the desired level. Private education in Pakistan is reaching out to the
poor and the business of this quality education does not serve the country as
they think. Planning for education does not meet the requirements and its
implementation is always neglected, thus the system is getting worse instead of
flourishing. Our universities have failed to produce planners, developers, implementers,
and decision makers. Rather, the turnover is similar to the ground realities,
the half-supported people we are creating are of no use to us. The students who
come before us are seeking degrees instead of knowledge. The increase in the
number of colleges and universities does not mean that we are running according
to standards but it is deteriorating, a simple proof of which is that no
university in Pakistan has been able to get a place in the 1000 best
universities in the world. The socio-economic landscape is directly linked to
education in the country. The developed world has been able to adapt its
education to the needs and needs of the market. Despite recent successes, much
more needs to be done as the country still faces numerous challenges that lead
to deterrence. We have a responsibility to raise the education of our
population to the level of our South Asian neighbors, to meet our social and
economic aspirations to a satisfactory level.
The sheer size of
Pakistan's education sector - the more than 150,000 public educational
institutions serving more than 21 million students and the huge private sector
serving another 12 million - poses enormous challenges.
Education is the cheapest
and most solid defense for any nation on the social, political, and economic
fronts. But the declining state of education in Pakistan is a testament to its
inability to defend its sector. In a span of 64 years, the nation has been
given 23 policies and action plans but we have not been able to start the march
towards success and we are waiting for a savior who can bring the system out of
crisis. During the rule of Pervez Musharraf, huge expenditures were made on
education, which led to significant positive educational changes in Pakistani
society. At present, Pakistan's economic situation is very tense and the
education sector in Pakistan has been most affected. The Constitution of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan points to this fact in the following words:
"The state of
Pakistan will eradicate illiteracy and provide free and compulsory secondary
education in the shortest possible time."
In the Human Development
Report, Pakistan is ranked 136th because 49.9% of its population falls under
the definition of education. The dropout rate at the primary level is
alarmingly high. As a result, the UNESCO data center reveals that 33.8% of
women and 47.18% of men can pass the elementary level of education. We can say
conclusively about the ground reality that people in the sixth largest country
in the world do not have access to basic education.
The most commonly used
indicators for assessing education and its system are adult literacy rate,
enrollment of men and women at different levels of education, participation
rate in different parts of the country; Some measures are being taken for
dropout rate, amount of resources allocated for education in proportion to GDP
and quality of education. At the moment, the viability of these indicators
depends on verified and recent data so that the details of the plan can be
worked out with confidence. The irony of fate, the indications, their bases,
and the quality of the data all want the most authenticity, but unfortunately,
Pakistan's record lacks objectivity and rationality in every respect.
The education system in
Pakistan is in tune with local needs and ground realities. It is almost a
decisive factor that mother tongue education is more profitable, but our system
is more distinct and diverse than our needs. A good example of this is that we
have failed to decide on the medium of education for 64 years. Various mediums
are operating in both public and private sectors. This creates a kind of
difference in people and they are divided into two parts.
In the name of provinces,
Pakistan's territories are not equal in terms of infrastructure, staff
availability, training, resource allocation and utilization. It makes a
difference not only in the system but also in business. Schools in Baluchistan
(Pakistan's largest province by area) need to be revisited as they are not as
well developed as schools in Punjab (Pakistan's largest province by
population). The literacy rate in FATA is deplorable at 29.5% for men and 3%
for women. Conditions should be made more conducive to teaching and learning in
all parts of the country without any discretion.
We should have known what
the population of women is, unfortunately they are not educated as it is
considered appropriate. Gender discrimination is one of the factors
contributing to the low participation rate of girls in basic education. The
primary school attendance ratio for boys and girls is 10: 4, respectively. Over
the past decade, the government has called on the private sector to take
responsibility for youth education. The aim was also to provide door-to-door
education to children, especially female students. The private sector accepted
this challenge and increased the growth of private schools, but this step did
not lead to increase in students or quality. The people could not be attracted
because of the valuable education. It created clear levels of society and
created a gulf between those who have and those who do not.
These students are
obsessed with white collar jobs. Choose the general route of education,
although they have the ability to meet the minimum inclinations or
requirements. China, Japan, and Germany have a tug-of-war for those who have a
taste for education and do not excel in the general route of education. We have
opened up opportunities for everyone to participate in general education at all
levels, especially at the university level. We have not been able to attract
the general public towards technical education so that they can run their own
business without being a burden on the government. The education system needs
to be redesigned to make room for higher education for science, IT, management,
and students to pursue their studies. Less emphasis on technical education
means less manpower for industry and hence less financial productivity.
Funding for education is
meager, as it has never exceeded 1.5 to 2.0 percent of total GDP. Even this
money was not used and due to lack of skills and knowledge of codal formalities
and timely release of funds, it had to be handed back to the government. Considering
the amount allocated by the neighboring countries, it needs to be increased to
about 7% of the total GDP.
The government has failed
to attract potential candidates for teaching with enthusiasm and excellent
career. Due to low incentives, slow growth and low profits, teaching is given
the lowest rank in jobs for the youth. Public school teachers are not
well-trained and well-equipped. People who do not get a job in any other field
try their luck in the education system. In-service and in-service training
needs to be rearranged so that they are tailored to the needs rather than being
ideal, unique, and modern.
Poverty has been on the
rise for years. The middle class is disappearing like anything. This is a curse
for a nation without an average income group. Rising poverty has prevented
parents from sending their children to child labor or at least to public or private
schools. Dropouts are high in these schools because the schools are not
attractive, the curriculum is dry, and the study does not match the living
conditions. Poor parents are forced to send their children to madrassas where
education is absolutely free.
Corruption leads to the
failure of educational policies, plans and schemes because it plays an
important role. The system lacks accountability and transparency, salaries are
low, benefits are low, and they are uneven. An estimated Rs. 2,594 million out
of the total amount of Rs. The calculations were done. Similarly, more than 70%
of literacy centers in Punjab remain inactive or exist only on paper (ADBP,
2007). The possibility of ghost schools should be avoided by involving the community
in the inspection and monitoring process.
Elite class students
follow "O" and "A" level curriculum instead of Pakistan's
routine Orthodox and stagnant curriculum. They have little or no awareness of
their religion and culture, while those who pass out from Urdu medium schools
are usually destined to work in Maulvi and lower level positions. Religious
seminaries give birth to another class which is usually unaware of the world
beyond its imagination.
Teacher absenteeism, poor
professional training, substandard materials, and outdated teaching methods
play a major role in low enrollment in schools. Burke (2005) states that most
public schools are either mismanaged or poorly managed. They are found in secondary
education through substandard textbooks and curricula that do not meet the
needs of the 21st century. Education should be based on the results of learning
through the suggestion of multiple books, rather than following the same book
as a duty.
The lucky dropout rate
for these lucky ones is over 45% as shown in numerous reports. Most of the
public sector educational institutions are in a state of disrepair and even
lack of basic facilities, as a result of which the pre-determined standards of
education are shaken. There are four areas to suppress concentration:
curriculum, textbooks, examinations, and teacher training (Hood Bhai, 2001).
Textbooks need to be made easier, more student-friendly and learning-friendly.
Education is the backbone
of the development of nations. Countries that have an efficient, marketable,
and efficient education system become world leaders, both socially and
economically. It is only education that can turn the burden of the population
into productive human resources. The current state of Pakistan demands that the
amount allocated for education be doubled before 2018 to address the challenges
of providing teachers in the workplace in accordance with EFI, gender
inequality and set qualifications. The Millennium Development Goals have yet to
be achieved by 2015.
Natural disasters,
political turmoil, provincialism, and political instability thwart the best
planning. The amount allocated for the education sector could not be increased
due to earlier. To keep the country on the path of development, we need to
reconsider our priorities.
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