I am not an educationist
nor am I an analyst but the kind of educational system I have been
observing in Pakistan since long, forcing me to highlight at least the
important points which are damaging our society and future generation badly.
It won’t be wrong if we
categorize it in a way like,
Education for Poor
Education for Middle
class
Education for upper
middle class
Education for Elite
class
There is no need to
write some heavy lines to get people understand above classes but we only need
to mention the school and college types under each class which have been
designed accordingly.
Education of Poor
All rural areas
Government schools come under this category where standard of curriculum and
faculty can never compete with a small private school of any metropolitan city.
Although there have been some exceptions in the form of extraordinary students
and teachers but can we build an equally growing educational society with these
exceptions.
Education for Middle
class
All rural and urban
private schools which give an affordable fee for those families whose monthly
income are from 15K to 25K. It has become a SME business in most of our small
cities. How good it sounds…Sale education for money, I am not against it but do
you see any check and balances, parameters for the registration and standards
controls by the government authorities ? This class does not have any other
choice but to choose these schools for their children's future rather than
government schools.
Education for upper
middle class
National/international
schools chains which are operating in many cities, making good profits in the
name of providing an international level standard education.
Education for Elite
class
Purely international
chains mainly in the big cities of Pakistan which can only be afforded by the
children of those people whose earnings are in millions or billions in a year.
Now what should be
painful for all of us is that Cant we see the difference in..
-
Language
-
Culture
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Clash in thoughts about different creeds
-
Mannerism (A degree to understand the relationships and
discipline of life)
-
Thinking capabilities
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Scientific approach (Information and use of different
kind of technologies)
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Confidence levels
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Physical activities
And many more things…
I wish and encourage
people to become a part of this debate. Plz think on equal grounds. What we are
sowing today, surely we need to reap tomorrow.