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Spare the smack
“My teacher used to beat me for not being able to remember multiplication tables. For each mistake, he would strike me thrice here,” says 12-year-old Mudassar showing his palms. “Writing with my hand...
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When the going gets tough
Saadia, not her real name, began school a few years later than she should have. But by the time she was 14-years-old she was enrolled in grade 7, along with her 12-year-old sister. Her teacher, Tooba...
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The question of quality
Mano Mal has an experience of 22 years as a teacher and headmaster in Salhoo Ram School. The ratio of teachers to number of students in his school might be unbelievable to some. “At one time the school...
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“We need a better understanding of who is out of school and why”
The News on Sunday: A consistent figure about out-of-school children in Pakistan that has emerged in recent years is 25million. Some people think it’s too colossal a figure and may discourage any sort...
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Out of school: The batch of 25mmain fi
It is a stark reality that above 25 million children between the age of 5 and 16 years are out of school in Pakistan. Successive governments have been trying to increase enrolment in schools but there...
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The budget and development strategyPakistan Daily Life
The budget is not just an accounting exercise that brings government expenditures and revenues into line with what is considered a prudent deficit target. For it to be meaningful, the annual budget...
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Sectarianism and curriculumNazir
During the past seven decades, education in Pakistan has gradually moved from an effort to nurture liberal, responsible, and secular citizens to closing of minds. The focus is more on a self-righteous...
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Educative factsNaseer Memon visual
The chief minister of Sindh had to face an embarrassing situation when a recalcitrant mafia trashed his strict instructions against cheating during the school examinations in Sindh. The media ridiculed...
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Dreams of a branded educationimage
Competition is natural. Whether Tom chases Jerry or Barcelona plays Real Madrid, dominating an opponent releases dopamine. As you excel, the dopamine receptors in the brain increase, enlarging the...
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An anathema for the systemTK
In a recently held entry test for the Punjab medical colleges, even a student scoring 93 per cent marks in F.Sc failed to make it to any government-run institution offering instruction in medicine. The...
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Not public enough_MG_3026
It’s happened this year again. Out of the 1,67,131 students who passed the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) in the four districts of Lahore Division — Kasur, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, and Lahore —...
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The spirit of learningsawera
Education in Pakistan has always been about honouring a system that obsesses over a set of rules that have very little relevance to being human and developing humane qualities. From a very young age,...
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What’s in it for the child?Dr Ayesha
I once heard the ex-secretary education (KP) Afzal Latif (a long time veteran of the department) say that any policy decision should be made keeping the child in the fore of our minds. It is,...
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Turmoil on campusFront4
Partial normalcy returned to Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) in the middle of last week. On Monday, October 23, Islamabad Police had arrested 70 students of the university. The students were protesting...
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Sir Syed’s notion of modernityQavi 2
Some people invent new ideas; a few founds school of thought and very few lay the basis of a new epoch. Sir Syed belongs to the last category of great personalities. Ideas may be dismissed; schools can...
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The lingering canonshakespeare
One of the underlying assumptions of any university’s operations is that the purpose and process of higher education is a constant engagement and dialogue with the past, present and future. When the...
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The lingering canon — IIcanon
In the previous part of this essay, I had argued that Western universities, particularly American ones, can challenge the idea of an authoritative canon of “English” literature, because they take...
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Truck art for educationPicture 3 (1)
Fantastical figures that are half-human, half-animal, scenes of vibrantly coloured roses and pine trees, and famous truck poetry with witty couplets that mostly don’t rhyme. Pakistan’s truck art is a...
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Editorialgraphic copy
In today’s Special Report, we want to focus on stunted growth among children in Pakistan. Why, because the figures that have been compiled and brought out are startling, to say the least. 44 per cent...
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An educating reportDr Naazir
With elections round the corner and political parties holding rallies, it is time to review party manifestoes and release new ones. Imran Khan has already unveiled his eleven-point agenda that he...
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