Pakistan's education

This page serves the purpose of increasing education in Pakistan

Right to Education Act (25-A) the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan guaranteed Free and Compulsory education for all 5-16 year old as a Fundamental Right yet Pakistan has the world’s second-highest number of out of school children with an estimated 22.8 million children aged 5-16 are not attending school.

21/11/2020

1. Education is a basic human right
2. Pakistan needs to improve it's education system
3. It is the responsiblity of all of us to do whatever we can to educate our people

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Education System of Pakistan: Issues, Problems and Solutions!

https://ipripak.org/education-system-of-pakistan-issues-problems-and-solutions/ #:~:text=Providing%20economic%20incentives%20to%20the,and%20literacy%20in%20the%20country.&text=Unemployment%20of%20educated%20men%20and%20women%20is%20a%20major%20concern%20for%20Pakistan.

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“EDUCATION IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH FOR PAKISTAN. THE WORLD IS PROGRESSING SO RAPIDLY THAT WITHOUT REQUISITE ADVANCE IN EDUCATION, NOT ONLY SHALL WE LAG BEHIND OTHERS BUT MAY BE WIPED OUT ALTOGETHER.” Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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The world bank says advancement n technology is the future of education!

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2017/02/13/smart-solutions-to-improve-pakistans-education

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Everybody is identifying the problems, no one is talking about the solution.

Here are some steps recommended by Dr Shehzad Jeeva a professor at Aga Khan University that could be taken to improve the education system of Pakistan:

https://www.reformer.pakistanascd.org/steps-towards-improving-the-quality-of-pakistans-education-system/

Creating Neighborhood Schools in Pakistan

20/10/2020

Here is an article by Human Rights Watch about Shazia, a teacher who grew up in Lyari, Karachi which is one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Pakistan. She opened up a free school to educated the children in hope for a better future!

Creating Neighborhood Schools in Pakistan She opened the school around 2014 in a room in her grandmother’s home.

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Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan [Official] has been working on Pakistan's education since 1990. It has 52 free schools and caters 17,695 students.

https://alkhidmat.org/education/

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The Citizens Foundation - TCF has been working on Pakistan's education since the last 25 years. It has 1,652 free schools in Pakistan that cater 266,000 students.

https://www.tcf.org.pk/

01/10/2020

The success of our democracy depends on an educated citizenry.

https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/glaeser/files/democracy_final_jeg_1.pdf

This is why only 1 democratic term in the 73 year history of Pakistan has been successful.

scholar.harvard.edu