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Reimagining education

Pakistan’s education system and the outcomes it produces are among the worst in the world, with 26 million out-of-school children. Those who do attend school mostly do not learn the…

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…

Early education

FOR all the talk of higher education institutes being reservoirs of research, in Pakistan at least, these institutes are severely criticised for both the production and reproduction of fake knowledge.…

Education: rural futures

“HOW can we eliminate the differences that exist between us?” Master Aftab (not his real name) asked us as we thanked him and stood up to leave. He had guided…

Education priorities

DURING the years that Shehbaz Sharif was chief minister in Punjab, especially in the 2013-2018 period, there was a lot of emphasis on improving the quality of service delivery in…

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…

qPHC education and training

LET me first clarify that while the title of this article might give the impression that we are educating and training our medical students about quality Primary Health Care (qPHC),…

AI in education

In an era marked by rapid technological advancement, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force across various sectors. Among the many domains where AI is leaving an indelible…

The education gap

Pakistan’s education crisis stands as a formidable barrier to the nation’s socio-economic development, casting a shadow over its aspirations for progress and prosperity. Despite decades of policy interventions and international…