Education in Government Sector

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: