We need a three-dimensional policy on education formulated by respected educationists
MIANWALI: This refers to your editorial “An ill-educated judiciary” (May 10). The remark of the honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan refers to only the tip of the iceberg of the problem faced. Unfortunately, the whole ugly iceberg has been clearly visible for years, but nobody seems to know what to do about it. It is not just an ill-educated judiciary that we need to mourn. We have ill-educated doctors, engineers, lawyers, and worst of all, teachers.
Our so-called education policies, launched over the years, have failed to improve the quality of education because they have been nothing more than photocopies of policies in place abroad. Quick-fix solutions simply don’t work because they are not based on an in-depth analysis of the actual problems facing Pakistan and that is because the task of formulating education policies in the country is entrusted to the bureaucracy. It is like going to a lawyer to cure a toothache. What we need is a three-dimensional policy on education formulated by respected educationists.
Munawar Ali Malik
Published in The Express Tribune, May 14th, 2016.
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