Education in Pakistan

Afshan
2 min readJun 23, 2021

The education system in Pakistan, unfortunately, does not extend equal opportunities to everyone who is seeking this path in pursuit of socioeconomic mobility. For individual and collective progress, education is central. There are various disadvantages groups in society for whom quality education is not easily accessible. Probing into some obvious fault lines, educational equity in Pakistan is affected by factors such as economic status, geographic whereabouts, ethnicities, and gender. In the course of academia, the fact that every student has their own genius which needs carefully curated empowerment presents a vast range of educational disparities. Meaningful learning can only take place if children can transform their existing knowledge into hands-on experiences in the classrooms.

Pakistan has still a long way to go in terms of educational reforms. There should be an intrinsic desire to help younger individuals through progressive methods and have the ability to reach out to students with varying personalities, experiences, and ideas. Teachers should remain in touch with students and closely inspect the breakthroughs associated with development of behavior, adoption of creativity, and influencing of students’ perspective about life in general.

There is a need to give back to the community through influencing the future leaders, innovators, and game-changers. There is an explicit urge to reevaluate historic inequities in the educational sector for which academia as an institution can be sought as a space for a re-imagination of possibilities. Masses should strive to exhaust all possible methods of learning to provide an optimal environment to young learners and create positive change on a daily basis. Interaction with students and exercising the opportunity to nurture eager minds will assist in the potential navigation of intricate futures efficiently.

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Afshan

27. Interested in how society works and how it doesn't.