Education plays a vital role in the progress of a country. Quality education has a positive impact on the country. The more the literacy rate of the country more will be the prosperity in the country and vice versa. Educated people build strong nations by providing different professionals in the field of medical sciences, politics, engineering, business, and many more. These professionals provide benefits to their country and the world also gets benefits from them. If we talk about the literacy rate of Pakistan then as per Relief Web, it’s about 58.9%. But the questions arise:
- How many people are actually Educated?
- How effective is our Education System?
- Are the Educated community providing benefits to the country?
- Is there any need to update the current Education System?
- What steps should be taken to improve this system?
I will answer these questions later in this article. Before that, let’s discuss the Traditional Education System of Pakistan in more depth.
Education System of Pakistan:
The Education System of Pakistan comprises the following parts:
- Primary (Grade 1-5)
- Middle (Grade 6-8)
- Matriculation (Grade 9-10)
- Intermediate (Grade 11-12)
- Under Graduation( 4 years)
- Graduation (2 years)
This is based on Industrial Revolution Era where the main focus was to produce employees to work in industries. Till now this system is producing employees but now the time has changed. This is the age of Information which started in the 1970s. Today we need Creative minds, Entrepreneurs, and Leaders. But as our Educational System is focused on memorizing things, IQ, and cramming, we are lacking these talented persons. On average the students complete their Undergraduate Degrees at the age of about 22-24. After this education, they have no experience in practical work. Without any skill, they come to the market where competition is always high and they failed to secure a good job for themselves resulting in depression, stress, and other Mental health issues.
Here cramming is considered a sign of Intelligence, which is the traditional thought. Nowadays we do not need to cram things because we can just search about anything and can get as much information as we want. So, our main focus should need to be changed.
Let’s go through the Education Systems of different countries to understand how we can implement these policies in our system to update it.
