Is it a language problem or an inherent flaw?

It is heart-rending to see how some issues may hold enough negativity to seed nothing but differences amongst societal units; or perhaps it is our irritating tendency to fail when it comes to dealing strategically with challenges as a nation. Last month I attended a seminar. Once the presentation by…

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Improving school attendance

A large number of children in Pakistan drop out of school because of the behaviour and strictness of teachers. A good teacher can lead to one hundred percent attendance of students. This message is brought to you by SPARC (NGO)…

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Is education a previlige?

October 5 is World Teacher’s Day, and for Pakistan, it should be one of those days to introspect and look upon its education and teaching standards. Pakistan is pitched as a big market, with huge potential, and no one fails to mention its bulging youth population. What those pitch decks…

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A solution for millions of out-of-school children?

According to a UNICEF report, around 22.8 million children between the ages of five to16 are out of school in Pakistan. Unsurprisingly, these kids can neither read nor write, as a result of which they are labelled as illiterate or uneducated. Some scholars believe that such labelling is unjustified because children…

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