Ans: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. ii. Healthy extracurricular activities, sports, debates, poetry recitation,
speeches, and study help in the moral upbringing and personality
development of students. The facilities for these activities in our educational
institutions are limited.
iii. The majority of parents in Pakistan want to make their children either
engineers or doctors. The student’s aptitude and mental capacity is 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, trends 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.
vi. 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 institutes of Pakistan face the Problem, of lack of
basic facilities such as clean water problem, electricity shortage, faulty
system of sanitation, hostels and transport problems. Many students are
deprived of education due to these problems.
Suggestions for the solution of educational problems:
Some important suggestions for the solution of educational problems are
given below:
i. Keeping in view the requirements of the increasing population, new
educational institutions should be set up. The budget allocated for education
should be increased.
ii. The uniform system of education should be implemented in the whole
country.
iii. The examination system should be set right. Cheating and other unfair
means should be checked.
iv. Students should keep a distance from political activities. They should
concentrate only on their education.
v. Teachers should be encouraged.
vi. All government educational institutions must be provided with sports fields.
clean drinking water and other facilities.
vii. Art and technical subjects should be included in the curriculum.
viii. In Madrassa schools science and other conventional subjects should also be
taught.
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ix. Educational institutions should be provided with facilities for healthy
extracurricular activities and social hobbies. x. Subjects should be taught according to the aptitude and mental capacity of
xi. Improvements should be brought about in the education sector to dispel the
worries of students.
Governmental Measures:
i. To hasten the pace of educational development, the following are the
measures taken by the government:
ii. Provision of free education and textbooks from Prep to Secondary level,
iii. Provision of scholarships for students for their elementary education.
iv. Restructuring of the curriculum keeping in view the future needs and on
scientific basis.
v. Cooperation with govemmental and private sector and their wholehearted
encouragement for the promotion of technical, vocational and scientific
education.
vi. Improving the standard of higher education for socio-economic development.
vii. Establishment of more and more universities for higher education, at
governmental and private levels.
viii. Establishment of Education Foundation” for the solution of educational
problems at national and provincial levels.
ix. Revolutionary efforts in the field of information technology.