Education is the most essential ingredient for the
development of a nation. It is a global fact that nations who have reached the
heights of the development and prosperity have done it by using education and
information as a tool to do it. Education is simply an investment to achieve
both human and economic development.But unfortunately it is one of the biggest
problems in Pakistan.The issues lead to the comprehension of
the problems which are faced in the development of education
system and promotion of literacy. The study outlines seven
major problems such as: 1) Lack of Proper
Planning: Pakistan is a signatory to MDGs and EFA goals.
The education system in Pakistan is generally divided into
six levels: Preschool (for the age from 3 to 5
years); primary (grades one through five); middle (grades
six through eight); high (grades nine and ten, leading to
the Secondary School Certificate or
SSC); intermediate (grades eleven and twelve, leading to
a Higher Secondary (School) Certificate or HSC);
and university programs leading
to undergraduate and graduate degrees
In Human Development Report Pakistan is placed at 136th
position for having just 49.9% educated population. In addition to that,
Pakistan is ranked at 113th out of 120 registered UN members according to the
research conducted by UNESCO et al. Some of the very basic flaws of the
education system in Pakistan contribute to the economic, ethnic and
sociopolitical crisis within the country.
Moreover, the quality of education in most of the public
schools and colleges is well below par; the teachers in government schools are
not well trained. People who do not get job in any other sector, they try their
luck in educational system. They are not professionally trained teachers so
they are unable to train a nation. Quality of teaching needs special attention
in rural areas where the teachers lack in all departments.
PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN
1. Medium of Education:
2. Disparity of System at Provincial Level:
3. Gender Discrimination:
4. Lack of Technical Education::
5. Low allocation of funds:
6. Inefficient Teachers:
7. Poverty:
8. Corruption:
9. Social imbalance:
10. Mismanagement of System:
11. Infrastructure Problems:
12. Private school system:
13. Lack of educational policies:
14. Increase in population:
15. Lack of attention of the authorities:
16. Lack of uniform educational system:
17. Medium of Instruction:
18. Education as a business:
19. Delay in renewal of policies and syllabus
20. Political Interference:
