Govt must give due attention to building, renovation of existing schools, ensure all children have access to education
KARACHI: Education is a basic human right and does much to groom futures. There is a significant percentage of children in the country today, who fall victim to the scourges of child labour and poverty. Pakistan ranks abysmally low on all global education indictors and despite this embarrassing fact, few domestic reforms have been introduced to alleviate this situation.
The flaws of the education system in Pakistan affect our economy, and exacerbate our ethnic and sociopolitical crises. The other key problem in Pakistan’s educational apparatus comes from deep-seated gender discrimination. The current primary school ratio of boys and girls enrolled is 10:4, which is a cause of huge concern. The total budget allocated to education is very low — making for a very small percentage of the total GDP. The government must give due attention to the building and renovation of existing schools, ensure that all children — regardless of geographical location, gender and income level — have access to education, and make immediate efforts to induct honest and upright personnel into the education departments across the country.
Asad Jamal
Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2014.
Like Opinion & Editorial on Facebook, follow @ETOpEd on Twitter to receive all updates on all our daily pieces.
