The education conundrum
While visiting different parts of Pakistan, Chief Justice Saqib Nisar expressed legitimate concern about existing educational practices and opportunities. He rightly pointed out that policymaking is not the job of…
The answer to our education woes
Though quality education is the most powerful weapon for change, successive governments in Pakistan have displayed a reluctance to equip the people with the power of effective education. Sadly, despite…
Between policy and practice
In his article, titled ‘Clearing bureaucratic hurdles’ published in these pages on November 5, 2017, Dr Mukhtar Ahmed states that “[f]or Pakistan, education is the only gateway to the country’s…
Education: beyond words: Part I
Education is a topic on which academia, development experts and the media in Pakistan only ever report doom and gloom. However, in a recent briefing titled ‘Pakistan is home to…
Monitoring education
There is no denying the fact that our education system has been in a dismal state for a long time. However, we have recently seen a discernible and incontrovertibly impressive…
Hand over elementary, primary education to women
President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday suggested the handing over of the sector of elementary and primary education to women, who, he insisted, could better handle the young students and prepare…
Education beyond literacy
Literacy, education, information and knowledge are used interchangeably in our popular discourses as means of material and intellectual transformation and as sources of empowerment. However, they are discernibly different concepts…
Shadow education market
Private tuition has been the subject of considerable interest and educational commentary in Pakistan over the last 20 years. However, little has been written about how academically low-achieving students are…
13 years of education: New paradigm
Age of Sci-Tech-Human Power Complex has made 16 years bachelor and 18 years masters programs archaic and counterproductive. In countries where education starts at the age of 5 or 6;…
Education and development Thoughts for the Professor
Ghost schools are our singular contribution to literature on education. Ghosts, after all, are part of our folklore. Grandma's bed time stories had a delectable ghost presence that signalled 'sleep…
