Challenges Faced By the Education sector:
There are not enough
Infrastructures:
Approximately
9% of schools do not have a building available. This implies that 9 out of 100
schools are held out, putting student health at risk. The school that has
buildings, large numbers of them are in disrepair. Only 58% of schools have
access to electricity, 68% have access to drinking water.
Quality of learning
is poor:
In 2014,
only 46% of boys aged 5-16 years could read a sentence in Urdu, or Sindhi. This
figure was lower at 39% for girls. In 2016, these numbers are 43% for boys and
36% for girls. This shows that the quality of education in the country is
worse.
Parents and school
committees are ineffective:
The concepts
of parent-teachers association, the school council has been around since the 1990s. the key idea around such organizations is that increased participation
and over the sight of parents in schools level, discussion and management can lead
to the accountability of teachers, increased ownership of local educational income
which can be used to apply upwards pressure on districts level educational
staff for resolving local school level issues.
Curricula need to be
changed:
Curricula in
Pakistan is defined by rote-learning, with little emphasis laid on improving
students' critical thinking skills. When curricula are developed in languages
that are not native to an area, the ability of students to learn is negatively
affected.
What should be done
to improve the situation?
Pakistan is
facing multiple challenges in education. This can be divided into
quality (Teacher quality, learning environment, assessment) and quality (School
availability increased enrollment, infrastructures, and facilities). Following
actions can be taken to fix the broken education in the country:
1). Increase
non-salary investments and direct them into the school infrastructure,
including school building, electricity, drinking water, and availability of
sanitation facilities to foster a fertile learning environment for children.
2). The government should train teachers.
3). The education system must under the supervision of the government.
4). Provide
funding to schools.
Written by: HAYA NIAZ MALIK


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