Education is the most essential
ingredient for the development of a nation. It is a global fact that nations who
have reached the heights of the development and prosperity have done it by using
education and information as a tool to do it. Education is simply an investment
to achieve both human and economic development. But unfortunately it is one of
the biggest problems in Pakistan. The education system of Pakistan is rotten to
the core. The literacy rate in Pakistan is recorded as about 55% in 2012-2013.
At present, the education sector is facing crisis just like other major sectors
of the country. Following are the major problems in education system of
Pakistan:
The educational system of the country is based on different mediums which
divides the students in two segments. Mostly private schools are English medium
while the Government schools are Urdu medium. Regional differences are also a
major cause for a poor educational system in Pakistan.
Gender discrimination is very common in Pakistan. People are very conservative
and they don’t want their girls to go to school and get education. Due to this,
the ratio of boys and girls in primary schools is 10:4.
Moreover, 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 another factor that prohibits the parents to send their children to
private school where the quality of education is high. Poor people get their
children admitted to Government schools. The teachers in Government schools are
not professionally trained. They even don’t take lectures and waste the precious
time of the students.
The allocation of funds for education sector by the Government of Pakistan are
very low; only 2% of the total GDP. Government should increase this rate to
improve the quality of educational system.
Education is very important for the development of every country. It is the only
cure for the disability of a country because today’s students are tomorrow’s
nation builder. Government of Pakistan should take steps to remove the above
mentioned problems so as to improve the quality of educational system of the
country.