Who Should be blamed - System or the People

An Insight to the Education System

Of all the wealth that one can accumulate in a lifetime,

the most valuable is education. Education that comes
through a structured learning system can refine one’s thinking, perspective and vision. Only education helps
us separate the wheat from the chaff. Education is the
bedrock of social and economic development.Throughout history, philosophers like Aristotle and Plato recognized the importance of education.It is only through sound education that we can hope to eradicate social evils. Education is considered as the cheapest defence of a nation but the down trodden condition of education in Pakistan bears an ample testimony of the fact that it is unable to defend its own sector.Though 64 year have been passed and 23 policies have been introduced yet the educational sector is waiting for the arrival of a saviour. In Human Development report Pakistan is placed at 136^th position for having just 49.9% educated people. The main factor behind such a continuous failure is the educational incongruity amongst different cities and even amongst different institutes lying adjacent to each other. There is difference in educational standards of various private, public and local institutes on a huge scale

Today it has become a business to run private institutions. In every street a school or institute is opened in homes having no playgrounds and other facilities which are alarming. Furthermore, private institutes or academies are a trend now-a-days which is being followed by majority of the students. The government school teachers who are employed in academies display a biased character towards their duty in government schools, they intentionally leave grey areas so that the students might join in order to acquire complete curricular knowledge, in return the teachers are heavily paid. This is the major cause of stratification on educational grounds.

Another dilemma worth mentioning is education in Pakistan has become grossly commercialised, it is a very sorry state of affair. Now the rising cost of colleges and universities in Pakistan threatens to put higher education, rendering low-income students absolutely unable to afford college or university. Our education system is passing through a very bad phase and is regarded as amongst the poorest in the world. Cream of Pakistani brain is either becoming idle due to non-availability of ever rising cost of education or going to other countries. Merit is a mere joke in Pakistan and now increasingly looked upon as tradable commodity. In the process the quality of education is absolutely eroded. Studying in college or university is now an expensive investment. Tuition fees have a disincentive effect on the poor middle-income students. The prevailing situation of uncertainty and disrespect for the people who are not considered as the members of semi-rich or elite class has pushed a lot of youngsters to flee from country in search of jobs and further education with long term plans to get settled abroad where they get more respect despite their status of a third rate citizen. Education has now been made a profitable business, those who could afford to study from top of the line and prestigious universities are more likely to end up having good jobs up their sleeves. On the other hand, more talented and promising people who have studied from slightly lower rating institute struggle to get a good start. It is about time that we go for a collaborative effort to channelize and focus the energies of our youth by providing them equal opportunities in all fields. People and the institutions are busy in profit-making and are least bothered about the quality and standard of education which they are providing to the students. The public institutions which offer education at low a low fee, are not of a good standard and they do not provide the student with helpful education. Also, private tuitions have become a fashion and the people all around the globe; have adopted it as a necessity. The government policies regarding education are not satisfactory, and the ones which are adequate are not being implemented. This is a chaotic situation and needs our special attention. Thus, to get rid of all the problems and to give education its status and position back, the psyche of the people has to be changed plus the government needs to review its policies and new laws should be imposed which can help our society to enjoy the real fruit of education. This will help our society to flourish and prosper well.
 






Aurthor: Khaula Aasim