Education and development
About 60 per cent of Pakistan’s population is functionally illiterate, as surveys count even those who can merely sign their name as literate. If computer and digital literacy were the…
We have a massive learning poverty crisis
Learning poverty, as delineated by the World Bank, pertains to the proportion of children who are unable to read and comprehend a basic text by the age of ten. This…
Education meltdown
THE self-proclaimed experts would have you believe that the present hybrid regime has overseen a turnaround in the country’s dire economic situation. They tell us that inflation is down to…
Massive funding plans
The Foreign Economic Assistance Monthly Report for November 2024 published by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Government of Pakistan, provides an in-depth examination of financial disbursements made against budget estimates…
Higher education round-up
The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan serves as the regulator and facilitator of the higher education institutions in the country. It is mandated with increasing access to tertiary education, improving…
Higher education round-up
The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan serves as the regulator and facilitator of the higher education institutions in the country. It is mandated with increasing access to tertiary education, improving…
Higher education round-up
The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan serves as the regulator and facilitator of the higher education institutions in the country. It is mandated with increasing access to tertiary education, improving…
Education reforms
EDUCATIONAL reforms in the country have, from the start, struggled with issues of inequality, access, quality, and relevance. Major challenges have included insufficient public spending on education, low literacy rates,…
Bad ‘education’
IN 1970, prominent sociologist Basil Bernstein asserted that education could not contribute to society. Because our education system is interwoven with and increasingly influenced by the economy, it is unable…
Education for all?
PAKISTAN is a signatory to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one of which obligates the country to provide inclusive and equitable education for all. Once again, the question has…
