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Mind your language: Chal Parha’s take on language in schools
Chal Parha is a brilliant TV show, recently launched on Geo, hosted by Shehzad Roy to reform the government education system in Pakistan. The second episode was a thought provoking insight into the...
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Rich people, doing rich things in poor Pakistan
It has been 65 years since Pakistan’s independence. During this period, Pakistan has seen a lot of transition. From Ayub Khan’s industrialisation to Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s socialisation, to Ziaul Haq’s...
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Protests in Egypt, Turkey and Brazil for the people, protests in Pakistan for...
Since the past few months, the protests in Cairo and the recent ones in Istanbul and Rio de Janeiro, really made me ponder upon what the real problem in these countries was and why their people were on...
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The story of Pakistan: I am a dreamer but I am not the only one
We, Pakistanis, are full of dreamers. I say this not just as an expression but after observing it myself. While on my trip to the countryside, I came across many stories and dreams, and I found each...
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Maybe you can learn a lesson or two from the APS embarrassment, Imran Khan
You know you have done something very, very wrong when distraught, infuriated parents who have lost their children can still find the strength to tell you they don’t appreciate your show of solidarity....
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Perhaps the pen is not mightier than the sword in K-P
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has finally unleashed its first substantial policy reforms since the Taliban massacre in Peshawar that killed over 130 innocent children. The policy is to allow...
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Aao Parhao – Let’s work towards facilitating our teachers
Education is one of the fundamental foundations for a nation to move forward. For this, various models are being introduced and implemented as the most effective and efficient education systems....
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Aao Parhao – The forever existing struggle for education
Half of my life I’ve been taught by people who never wanted to become teachers, but were forced to do so. Teaching is often considered a last resort by many, when they have tried their luck with...
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Aao Parhao – A teacher can use all the help they can get
A school is so much more than just a series of classrooms. A school is so much more than just a number of lessons. And an educated person is so much more than a literate person. Education entails all...
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Can fundamentalism in Pakistan be traced back to madrassas?
In Pakistan, certain madrassas have a knack for producing terrorists. The government is aware of this yet it does not have a consistent stance regarding such madrassas. After the Peshawar school attack...
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#NoFeesTillLowFees: ‘Quality education’ at private schools is a myth!
In 2002, when private schools initiated their long, drawn out process of bleeding the parents of this country dry, many predicted that a day would come when the middle class and the upper middle class...
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Why Christine Craig should not face disciplinary action for her anti-Muslim...
Uncertainty breeds insular thinking and bigotry, a theme as old as time, and as true. Therefore, it is of no surprise to find, in this brave new world of globalisation, economic changes and...
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Despite increasing the education budget, the Sindh government is failing its...
If you want to see how Sindh has failed its children, visit a public school in some of the obscure towns of the province. I was well aware of the fact that government-run schools had flaws, but the...
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Why aren’t the citizens of Pakistan helping to fix our public schools?
Education in Pakistan refers to two types of schooling, for two different income groups: children from wealthy families go to private institutions while children from relatively poorer backgrounds...
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Reassessing what it means to be a Pakistani Muslim immigrant in Canada
While I sip tea and watch my children play around in our almost four-year-old home in Canada, I can’t help but reassess what it means to be me, as 2016 comes to an end – a Pakistani Muslim immigrant in...
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Why America is the greatest Islamic Caliphate there exists
Last Friday, Maulvi Sahab again said that God’s wrath is soon going to descend on the United States of America (USA) and the Muslim World will rise again. Although these are two entirely different...
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Teachers threatening mass suicide – How did it come to this, Pakistan?
It was a despairing day in the capital, when around 1,800 teachers and staff of public schools and colleges threatened to commit mass suicide outside the Supreme Court. Having not been paid for a...
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5 reasons why good teachers quit within 5 years
Often a good teacher will decide to leave his or her job after just a few years. A federal study states that up to 20% of certified pedagogues of both public and private schools begin to change their...
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Nation uniform curriculum: Are we compromising equity for equality?
In another move towards a Naya Pakistan, Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood has announced a uniform national curriculum policy to not only ensure the quality of...
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Sending your child to school doesn’t guarantee that he will actually learn
In a utopian setting, the quintessential scenario for Pakistan would be to educate every child, thus leading to countless benefits, not least in relation to important indicators such as employment,...
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