Critical Analysis of Education system in Pakistan

Outline:

1. Introduction
2. Historical Background
3. Education system in Pakistan

(a) Formal Education
i. Pre Primary Schooling
ii. Primary Schooling:
iii. Middle Schooling:
iv. High Schooling:
v. Higher Secondary Education:
vi. Higher Education:
vii. Professional and Technical Education:
viii. Madrassah Education

(b) Non-formal Education
(c) Examinations
(d) Teachers’ Training
(e) Private Education Sector

4. Problems of Education system in Pakistan
i. Low Budget Allocation
ii. Political Influence
iii. Feudal System
iv. Nepotism
v. Lack of Uniformity
vi. No access to higher education
vii. Growth of Private School
viii. Gender disparity
ix. Inadequate physical facilities
x. Outdated syllabus
xi. Cramming system
xii. Lack of practical knowledge
xiii. Dearth of Research & development
xiv. No Career counseling

5. Impacts
(a) On Economy
i. Unemployment
ii. Poverty
iii. Deteriorating Agriculture Sector
iv. Brain Drain
(b) Social Impacts
i. Illiteracy
ii. Frustration among the people
iii. Crime and militancy
iv. Health issues

6. Steps taken by the current government
i. National Assembly adopted Bill on Free school Education
ii. Development Programme 2011-12
iii. Under the 18th constitutional amendment
iv. Role of HEC
7. Suggestions
8. Conclusion


Introduction
EDUCATION plays a pivotal role in the development of a nation, as it contributes to the development of human capital. The majority of economists believe that a substantial proportion of robust economic growth seen in western hemisphere is explained by their sophisticated education system. However, in Pakistan the existing education delivery system has failed to meet the needs and aspirations of society. Low education standard, political influence, feudalism, high drop out rate, less allocation of budget, and infrastructural problems are some of the major factors that are badly hitting our economic growth, industries, agriculture sector, literacy rate, to name but a few . If we are to improve our education system we have to redress the balance for our future generation. Some of the steps toward betterment should be: increase in budget allocation, hiring of the teachers on merit basis, better environment in the schools, and elimination of political influence in the educational institutions etc.

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