We need to reset our priorities (Part One)

Undoubtedly, education is the gateway to a country’s success, which enlightens and boosts its economy, sovereignty and progress.

Malaysia is an admirable example that has dragged itself into the category of the developed. Literary rate has flown up to 95 percent due to wisely formation of educational policies. That is the reason their economy and development has expanded greatly in short span of time.

Apart from many issues, the Indians who became independent right along with Pakistan are standing far ahead in the education sector.

They are facing population problems, but alongside that, they keep on improving their educational system. Although, they cannot be called fully developed, they have improvised their financial status using the education and skills.

Having nuclear technology at one hand, India has a reasonable tourist industry and an extremely successful film industry. It achieved everything because of the education.

It has been a lengthy topic, but the best example is yet to come and it is of Bangladeshi education system. It was part of the Pakistan before 1971 and we lost it and still cry over the spilled milk.

However, they have promoted the education sector vastly. Contrary to Pakistan, they established schools for everyone with equal opportunities for poor and rich people.

This is the reason that Bangladesh has got quite ahead of us and it has a better currency value and better GDP growth rate.

Pakistan has untapped oil and gas reserves under the barren mountains of Balochistan and it has coal estimated 175 billion tons under the sands of Sindh. It has everything but it doesn’t have the key, the education.

Two education systems are running parallel to each other in Pakistan, the Matriculation and the Cambridge. Lack of equal opportunity for everyone is one of many reasons of poor standard education system.

To be continued…

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Posted by Faisal Farooq on May 17 2012. Filed under Education, Opinion, Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.