But neither customary directives nor the appeal to the students and the parents will help until a robust administrative mechanism is put in place and the root causes of this menace are discovered and corrective measures are taken. Reportedly, on the very first day, the question paper is said to be leaked in Larkana and Sukkur. The television footages show large-scale cheating in the ongoing secondary school examinations across the province. The root causes behind this menace are the deteriorating standard of education and inadequate teaching methodology resulting in poor learning. The standard of primary education has collapsed and the picture of secondary and college education is darker than imagined. The faltering commitment on the part of teachers accompanied by ineffective and out-dated teaching methods have stagnated the intellectual growth of young minds.
There is a seasonal sale of grades; those with deep pockets are the beneficiaries of this corrupt practice. Not only this, but those caught red-handed in examination centres easily get clean chits by greasing the palms of corrupt officials. At the end of the day, the beneficiaries of the annual sale of grades outdo those few who burn the midnight oil throughout the academic year.
Nazeer Ahmed Arijo
Published in The Express Tribune, April 1st, 2017.
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