Public education priorities
Over the course of my work, I have the opportunity to visit and work with public schools on the lowest end of the spectrum, and it always leaves me shaken.…
Defunding of public higher education
When one is looking for higher-ed statistics in Pakistan, they must be pieced together from multiple sources and cross-checked to ensure they make sense. However, occasionally, you come across longitudinal…
Defunding of public higher education
When one is looking for higher-ed statistics in Pakistan, they must be pieced together from multiple sources and cross-checked to ensure they make sense. However, occasionally, you come across longitudinal…
HEC directed to make public names of 18 suspended health educational institutions
The Pakistan Information Commission (PIC) has directed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to make public the suspension orders issued to 18 health educational institutions in Islamabad. The decision came in…
What ails public-sector education?
I asked 12 year-old Sultan (pseudonym) to read from his Urdu textbook. He struggled to read a simple sentence (“more sher ki tarha jungle kaa badshah hai”). While he eventually…
Gender and public spending on education
Sustainable development of nations begins with the development of its human resources. It is a generally accepted belief that access to education and health services are among the basic human…
Public toilets for women
WHEN general elections loom, the one issue that all political parties raise to win over potential voters is public infrastructure. Plans for building new roads and flyovers (often unnecessarily), and…
Vision for education
There were recent reports in the media that the president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) had recommended Pakistan consider adopting India’s ULLAS (Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in…
