It indeed requires an ‘educated mind’ and not ‘education’ to be able to make the right choices in life.
NEW YORK: This was a good article. It indeed requires an ‘educated mind’ and not ‘education’ to be able to make the right choices in life. How do we increase the number of ‘educated minds’ to then address the question of militancy and its eventual eradication?
Have any of the scholars considered adult education programmes for those who missed out on getting good education? The writer is making the assumption that every parent would be just as eager and anxious to get the kind of education she is proposing. I believe, given the appropriate circumstances, anyone can become a suicide bomber. As I said, an educated mind, not education will convince one to not take that route. Basic education can indeed provide for the foundations of a good educated mind and this basic education can even be provided with the teacher and students sitting under a tree with no classroom facilities.
Nizamuddin Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, August 6th, 2013.
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