Ans: Educational Problems of Pakistan:
The important educational problems of Pakistan are given below:
(i)Pakistan is facing the problem of overpopulation. Due to this the number of
educational institutions is falling short. Students are not getting adequate
opportunities to study. The majority of students in Pakistan belong to poor
and middle class families. Poor parents are unable to send their children to
school due to bad economic conditions. This leads to a low literacy rate.
educational institutions are limited.
(ii) Healthy extracurricular activities, sports, debates, poetry recitation.
speeches, seminars and study tours help in the moral upbringing and
personality development of students. The facilities for these activities in our
(iii) The majority of parents in Pakistan want to make their children either
engineers or doctors. The student’s aptitude and mental capacity are not
considered. Students are forced to study science subjects which place a
psychological pressure on them.
(iv) The budget allocated for education in Pakistan is insufficient. There is a
scarcity of teachers as well.
(v) There are some faults in our examination system. This includes rote learning
done by students, trend towards cheating, question papers being leaked prior to
the exams, the attitude of the examination staff, shortage of time and the
method of assessing papers. To increase the intellectual capacity and
performance of students, the system of exams should be made transparent and
effective.
Political interventions also create problems in the education system of
Pakistan. Students become directly involved in politics which affects their
educational future.
(vii) Different courses are taught in Pakistan in government and private
educational institutes. This dual system of education also takes the form of
an educational problem. This lack of a uniform system of education is
harmful for Pakistan’s unity and solidarity.
(viii) Most of the educational institutions of Pakistan have lack of basic facilities
such as clean water, electricity problem, faulty system of sanitation, lack of
hostels and transport problem etc. Many students are deprived of education
due to these problems