Education is essential to a state’s success and development. A country’s progress is determined by its literacy rate and the quality of its education. As a result, it is among governments’ top priorities. Pakistan’s education system is among the oldest in the world. They claim to have one of Asia’s most thorough and successful programmes. However, major faults in the student system need to be addressed. Unfortunately, our own country, Pakistan, is backward in terms of literacy. Even many poorer countries have greater literacy rates than Pakistan. All of this is the responsibility of our educational system.
Education policies are excellent, however there are numerous issues with the system and its implementation. The current situation requires more focus on higher education rather than elementary school. Primary schools in tiny villages are stagnant. These are small-scale schools with limited facilities. We all know that primary education is the foundation of higher education. In every aspect of life, primary education serves as the basis and support. The government must promote it in proportion to its value.
When we look at the higher education system, there are hundreds of private and government institutions and universities. These are classified into many categories, such as engineering and technology universities, medical science, business, information technology, agricultural, survey and microtechnology, and other areas of life. Private colleges and universities are quite costly. Even middle-class individuals cannot afford it. Their fees typically start at 50000 rupees per semester. Every year, hundreds of people apply to government universities, with only a few hundred seats available. Every year, their merit reaches the skies.
Finally, Lack of women education and co-education is another problem in Pakistan. There are many people against the coeducation system. Some people don’t send their daughters to schools and colleges. They consider women education unnecessary. But women education is necessary because nearly half of the population is women. To increase literacy rate women must get education.
Government and NGOs are working upon different policies to get rid of educational problems. Government is trying to provide education free for all. Free books, uniform and transport are being provided to the students free of cost.
We need to recognize the importance of literacy and encourage people to read. The younger generation can learn from books with the example of citizenship, honesty, work ethic, and kindness. There are some important points which should be followed by government and responsible leaders to get rid of hurdles:
There should be same syllabus for all Pakistanis.
Syllabus should be compatible with international university or college syllabus.
Government should appoint highly expert and experienced people in education staff as teachers
Government must increase funds and budgets for education.
More attention must be paid to the under developing areas of Pakistan.
There should be more vacancies for the students in institutions.
There must be availability of proper jobs after getting educational degrees.
There must be the Public private partnership.
There must be a check and balance system.
There must be strong rules to avoid corruption in education.
In education system we need strong determination, love and sincerity with our new generation. We should make our grass root level strong. It is government responsibility to solve administrative and management problems of pakistan education system.