It is entirely possible with the addition of creative exercises in the syllabus from the primary to university level
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA: Indeed, every country in the world considers education as its biggest treasure and tool to overcome the problems in the social, economic and political domains. In simple words, education is the cure for several problems, but the very quality of education system varies among countries due to certain structural flaws. The Pakistani education system lies at the bottom of the listing of top-quality education systems across the world, critically lacking the characteristics that it must possess to compete with countries even in the South Asian region.
Unfortunately, the entire education system is based on rote learning instead of providing space and room to young minds to think critically — an approach that would lead to creativity and innovation in the process. The contemporary education system only encourages students to memorise the whole content and score good grades that are no valid evaluation of their capabilities. This is one reason why Pakistani students, especially those from government schools, struggle to adjust to education systems abroad. Outside Pakistan, there is little demand for what the Pakistani education system is producing.
In a nutshell, if a country like South Korea can change and restructure its education system in no time then why can’t Pakistan? It is time to remove the flaws from the education system that’s hindering our growth and progress.
This is entirely possible with the addition of creative exercises in the syllabus from the primary to the university level and encouragement of talented students through various incentives in terms of scholarships. Additionally, the fair evaluation and selection of teachers at all levels and equipping them with modern teaching methodologies via special educational training programmes under the guidance and supervision of academic experts and educationists that we already have in our country will bear the required results.
Engr Kamran Nagri
Published in The Express Tribune, January 25th, 2019.
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