Dear seniors,

The following are the outline of the essay which i actually wrote in the examination. Please assess and give your comments.

A Critical analysis of the Education systems in Pakistan.

Outlines:

Introduction:
The education sector of Pakistan faces multilateral problems. But the present government taken
steps to address these issues.

Critical analysis at commitment level:
1. Pakistanis do not believe in the true worth of the education.
2. There is a poor quality of education in Pakistan.
3. There is a poor access to education in Pakistan.
4. Insufficient funds also hinder growth of the education in Pakistan.

Critical analysis at governance or implementation level:
1. There is a lack of coordination among different layers of the education
system.
2. There is a private-public divide.
3. The education is also backward due to feudalism.
4. Corruption is also a problem in education system in Pakistan.
5. Lastly lack of management and planning hinders education development in Pakistan.

Recommendations and the Government steps to overcome the above problems:
1. The leaders should themselves get education and also disseminate awareness, regarding education, among the masses.
2. The education policy-2009 envisages improved quality of the education.
3. The education policy-2009 provides for wider access to education.
4. The education policy-2009 promises greater funds for the education.
5. The clear-cut areas should be carved out for each of the layer of the education system.
6. The education policy-2009 plans to reduce the private-public divide.
7. Governance should be improved.

Conclusion:

Here is the outline which i wrote in the exam. I wrote 19 pages. Seniors are requested to comment whether it can get passing marks or otherwise.

A critical analysis of education systems in pakistan

Outline

1. Introduction
2. Forms of education
a. Formal educaion
i. Schools
ii. Colleges
iii. Universities
iv. Other recognised intitutes
b. Informal education
i. Distance educaion
ii. unrecognised madarsahs
iii. educaion at home and society
3. Importance of education
4. Defects/shortcoming of eduction systems in pakistan
a. Disorinted system
b. No uniformity
c. No check and balance
d. lack of financial resources
e. lack of infrastucture
f. No research and development
g. Less training facilities to teachers
h. Neglect of agriculture section
i. Mismatch of syllabus
j. Poor examination system
5. Outcome of poor education system
a. low literacy rate
b. lack of knowledge
c. high drop out rate
d. low agriculture and industrial output
e. less econmic growth
g. increase in poverty
h. increase in unemployment
i. increase in crime
6. Remedial Measures to improve education system
a. Government steps
i. ministry of education
ii. HEC
iii. NEVTEC
b. increase in fund allocation
c. development of infrastructure
d. Establishment of new education institutions
e. Uniformity in education
f. more research and development
g. training facilities to teachers
h. Emphasis on agri and industrial education
i. revamping of syllabus
j. effective controls
k. reforms in examination system.
7. Conclusion

Boy! Excellent attempt. Yaqeen maano. Number 1, it IS a critical analysis and Number 2, it IS about the educational SYSTEM. I don't see any reason that you won't pass this paper. However mujhe youn lagta hai ke you just nose dived into the essay from the very start. I mean thorra sa Introduction ke baad agar Current Situation daal di jati, kutch facts and figures to aur acha ho jata. But that's just my opinion, otherwise your essay is up to the "mark"

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Kaafi researched essay lagta hai but generalised. You have euipped it with every kind of information you had about the educational system in Pakistan. First of all, Forms of education and importance of education seem irrelevant. Secondly, you have given equal weightage to shortcomings of educational system, outcomes of poor education and suggestions. I mean the essay was about the shortcomings/critique of the system to naturally ussi ko aap ko sub se lamba bhi likhna chahiye ha na. Lekin rest assured agar English ki koi galtiyan nahin ki hain aap ne to Inshallah you'll pass the paper. Cheers!!

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Blessed are those who can give without remembering and receive without forgetting. ~Jeremy Fitzgerald~

Its good that you have made an effort for it. But this is not an impressive one, this is too generalized dear, try to make it specific..

What is the basis of this claim? Lastly, Education Policy of 2009 was introduced, but even after three years, that policy has not been implemented in letter and spirit. Give a general intro of education sector, thn divide it into components of primary, secondary/higher secondary and tertiary/higher education. every component is having its peculiar issues. The introduction could be somewhat like,

The present system of education in Pakistan is a legacy of colonialism system of education that used to feed the requirement of the foreign rulers. No proper attention was given for the modification and updating the prevailing system during the last five decades of independence. The system needs complete overhaul, to be upgraded and advanced to meet the requirement worthy to the dignity of independent nation. The system should have been demand oriented instead of supply oriented. This needs drastic changes in the syllabi and curricula. The modern approaches of teaching and learning should be launched to cater the needs of expanding economy of the country. The present system of education is producing clerical stuff where as the nation needs skilled manpower adorned with technological knowledge in modern sciences. The Skilled persons are to be produced who shall boost up the economic growth of the country............


Present this point systematically, Pakistanis do not believe in the true worth of education? Why? It is primary responsibility of state to provide education to the people of the country. First problem lies with the government, No government has taken this issue seriously, second thing is accessibility, there is no funding for establishment of new schools etc, later comes the issue of quality.

Apart from government, the philantrhopist organizations/NGOs and private sector is to establish institution, but the institutions established in private sector are money making machines instead of providing quality education at lesser rates, they charge very high and make hue and cry that they are catering to educational needs of the masses.

In this heading, point 1, 4, and 5 can somehow work with it, while 2 and 3 has nothing to do with the governance issue. Governance is the management and administering of education system, first tier is the government, previously the Ministry of Education at Federal level and Departments of Education at Provincial levels were the main hubs and now the Provincial Departments of Education are to look after the governance issue. then comes the structure/hierarchy running the machinery of school, that is who shall be the custodian/manager of buildings etc, either its DCO/EDO Education etc. For higher education, the Musharraf regime had promulgated Federal Model Universities Ordinance to improve governance in universities/higher education institutions...


Moreorless all points are excerpts from Education Policy 2009, but nothing substantial steps have been made for its effective implementation. The Education Policy 2009, necessitated for increased access to higher education for the youth of age group between 17-23 years from the existing 4-5 percent to 10 percent by the year 2015. This is year 2012 and hardly the ratio is being maintained at 5%....

Steps required to be taken are somewhat;

- Number of educational institutions are required to be increased.
- Existing infrastructure to be upgraded to cater more students.
- Ghosts schools should be converted into alive schools
- fees should be decreased to attract students, not only that, some incentives should be provided to the parents of school students, so that they send their childern to schools instead of sending them to fields/factories...
- Quality of education needs to be improved.
- Research culture should be inculcated in the students /schools
- Corruption has become a part and parcel of our society, this should be minimized....

more points can also be added for improvement of education sector...

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exhaustive material when looking into two outlines by two different friends.

@Muhammad T S Awan.

Brother I am really thankful to you for such detailed and frank comments. And I also wanted such comments. But i want to make and justify some points.
The introduction of the education policy itself is a great step on the part of the govt to improve education level in Pakistan. The education policy 2009 is not a short term policy which can be implemented overnight. The framers of the policy claim that this policy is a comprehensive one which has overcome weaknesses of the previous policies. They expect this poliy to be permanent and that they would not need other policies in future. Since the policy is a long term one we can only hope that it would be implemented because if it is implemented it would transform the future of our nation.
Well dear yours is a type of intro. But I tried to compact my intro into as few words as possible.
Yes dear this is a dilemma our nation that it does not believe in true worth of the education that's why we lag behind in this field. People of the urban areas may be believing in it but a lion's share of the population, being agrarian and feudalists, don't believe in it. We see in our rural areas people do not send their children to schools. Even this thinking is prevalent in urban area. On the other hand our leaders, the feudalist, believe in illiteracy of their subjects. Another proof of such lack of belief in education is the mediocre amount of budget reserved for the education sector.
I also have highlighted this problem under the heading "There is a private-public divide."
The point nos 2 and 3 relate to the problems of private-public divide and feudalism. Brother these two problems relate to the governance issues. Who have governed us?Who have been heads of all the national institutions?Who have framed policies in the parliament? My brother they have all been the feudalist.
I agree, i have taken many points from the education policy 2009. But does it convey a negative impression?

dear member kindly post the complete essay on these outlines. i will be very grateful

Hey i'd be really grateful if you could comment on my outline of the same topic!

Introduction
“Education is the most powerful tool that you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
• Importance of education
o Shapes personality
o Broadens perspective
o Driver of social change
o Essential for economic prosperity
o Inculcates fundamental values

• Flawed education system of Pakistan – a tragedy

Main Body
• Flaws in the education system of Pakistan:
o Rote-learning culture
o Emphasis on grades rather than personality development
o Unequal access to education
o Lack of government attention
o Outdated curriculum
o Unacceptable attitude of teachers
o High cost of education
o Considerable difference in conditions of private and public schools
o Gender gap
o Shortage of teachers
o Inadequate technical/vocational training

• Initiatives taken by government:
o Millennium Development Goals
 Universal Primary Education (UPE)
 Promote Gender Equality
o Education for All (EFA)
o Vision 2030
 Increasing public expenditure on education
 Re-introduce technical and vocational stream
 Enhance the scale and quality of education

• Recommendations
o Bride the public-private gap
o Redesign fee structure to bring down cost
o Allocate more funds to develop the sector
o Redesign curriculum to incorporate recent developments
o Introduce unique and interactive teaching methods
o Monitor teacher behavior
o Overall cultural change to eliminate cramming
o Character and personality development of students

Conclusion
• Education – a panacea
• An educated population will ensure economic prosperity
• Educational reforms – need of the hour