We need to decide what is to be our medium of education and an instruction. We are a book-allergic nation.
LAHORE: This is with reference to Ibrahim Khan’s article of January 19 titled “Education reform: a student’s perspective”.
An ordinary Pakistani student studies, or tries to study, several languages and, consequently, he is master of none. This is why he has to resort to cramming. We need to decide what is to be our medium of education and an instruction. Should it be Urdu or English? We will have to decide and decide quickly.
Secondly, we are a book-allergic nation. We do not have a culture of reading in our homes nor in our educational institutions. The result is that students use notes and other aids to not only prepare for exams but also to study in general.
Hamza Arshad
Published in The Express Tribune, January 20th, 2012.
