Flaws in Our Education System
(Ayesha Dastgeer, Lahore)
Education is the basic right of
every person. This is the duty of every person to get education. Even our
religion emphasis us to get education & perform our duties in a humble manner.
When Hazrat Adam (A.S.) was created, Allah S.W.T. said to the angels to bow
down. Everybody bowed down except Iblis. The reason Iblis refused to bow down
was because he said that Nabi Adam (A.S.) was made of clay and he was made from
fire. How can fire bow down to clay? The angels looked at it in a different way.
They looked at the inside of Nabi Adam (A.S.) because Allah S.W.T. gave
knowledge to Nabi Adam (A.S.)
Sura 2, verses 31-34:
Because of Knowledge Human Being is more Respectful, so we cannot deny the
importance of education.
But in education system of Pakistan is based on unequal lines. Medium of
education is different in both, public and private sector. This create a sort of
disparity among people, dividing them into two segments. Such a distraught
infrastructure is a basic cause of high illiteracy rate in Pakistan and high
drop out rates in rural areas and public school.
the quality of education in most of the Public Schools and colleges is well
below par; the teachers in government schools are not well trained. People who
do not get job in any other sector, they try their luck in educational system.
They are not professionally trained teachers so they are unable to train a
nation. Quality of teaching needs special attention in rural areas where the
teachers lack in all departments.
, Poverty is also another factor that restrict the parents to send their
children to public or private schools. So, they prefer to send their children to
Madrassas where education is totally free. The government has to make changes to
financial infrastructure to improve the situation. Bank loans for education
purposes should not be interest based as it discourages the people of Pakistan
to acquire loans
Social awareness regarding all these issues need to be spread and we, the people
of Pakistan have to work hand in hand with the government authorities to improve
the current system. Our children should not be deprived of their basic right to
acquire knowledge.All these issues contribute to high illiteracy rate, which in
turn result in economic crisis in shape of high unemployment rate and below-par
quality of labor. Moreover, the country suffers on social, political and
technological front! There are hundred other problems which need attention but
the core-issues need to be addressed as soon as possible.