EDUCATION SYSTEM OF PAKISTAN

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Group Members

Ali Raza-277

Nasir Shahzad-287

Balawal Hussain (leader)-269

Wahab Ali-257

Usman Aslam-299

Summary

Education means to learn something. Without education you can not achieve anything in the world. Education is the wise, hopeful and respectful cultivation of learning undertaken in the belief that all should have the chance to share in life.

1- Purpose

The purpose of writing report on education system of Pakistan is to enhance the awareness of education among the people. Education becomes most important basic need of the developing countries. Pakistan is also include in those developing countries. Education system in Pakistan is the system which is crossing among the various ups and down. Pakistan and government of Pakistan struggling towards improving the educations system in Pakistan but all in vain.

Education Is the third Eye of a man.

2-Procedure

The education system in Pakistan is generally divided into six levels:Primary education (for the age from 2.5 to 5 years).Primary (grades one through five)Middle (grades six through eight)High ( grades nine and ten, leading to the Secondary

School Certificate or SSC)Intermediate (grades eleven and twelve, leading to a Higher Secondary School Certificate Or HSC ) University (programs Leading to Undergraduate and

graduate degrees

Procedure:

EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE Kinds of Institutions1. Government Institutions2. Federal Government Institutions 3. Garrison Institutes4. Cadet Schools & Colleges5. Local Bodies Institutions6. Public Sector Institutions

7. Danish Schools8. Non-Elite English Medium Schools9. Madrassahs10. Missionary Schools

Table1. Entry age of students for various levels of education

Level Age (Year)

Pre-primary 4+ - 5+

Elementary 5+ - 13+

Secondary 13+ - 15+

Higher Secondary 15+ - 17+

Tertiary/ University 17+ - 21+

• Next Ali Raza

3-Findings:3.1)Primary Education:3.1.1) Only 87% of Pakistani children finish primary

school education. The standard national system of education is mainly inspired from the British System. Pre-school education is designed for 3–5 years old and usually consists of three stages: Play Group, Nursery and Kindergarten (also called 'KG' or 'Prep'). After pre-school education, students go through Junior School from grades 1 to 5. This is followed by Middle School from grades 6 to 8. At middle school, Single-sex education is usually preferred by the community, but co-edcation is also common in urban cities. The curriculum is usually subject to the institution.

Findings:

3.1.2)Primary Education:• The eight commonly examined disciplines are Urdu,

English, mathematics, arts, science, social studies, Islamic studies and sometimes computer studies (subject to availability of a computer laboratory). Provincial and regional languages such as Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto and others may be taught in their respective provinces, particularly in language-medium schools. Some institutes give instruction in foreign languages such as Turkish, Arabic, Persian, French and Chinese. The language of instruction depends on the nature of the institution itself, whether it is an English-medium school or an Urdu-medium school.

Findings:

3.2) Secondary Education: 3.2.1) Secondary education in Pakistan begins from grade 9 and

lasts for four years. After end of each of the school years, students are required to pass a national examination administered by a regional Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (or BISE).

3.2.2) There is another type of education in Pakistan which is called "Technical Education", gathering technical and vocational Education. There are many streams students can choose for their 11 and 12 grades, such as pre-medical, pre-engineering, humanities (or social sciences), computer science and commerce. Each stream consists of three electives and as well as three compulsory subjects of English, Urdu, Islamiat (grade 11 only) and Pakistani Studies (grade 12 only).

• Next: Usman Aslam

3.3) Formal & informal education: • 3.3.1) Formal versus Informal Education There is a long-lasting debate in some circles about the relative intrinsic

worth of formal and informal education. This debate may impact our work in a literacy program. We have to differentiate between formal and informal education and why it is necessary in this rapid world and especially countries like Pakistan.

• 3.3.2) Formal Education The term formal education refers to the structured and prearranged

educational system provided by the state for children of that country. In most countries, the formal education system is state-supported and state-operated. In some countries like Pakistan, the state allows and certifies private systems which provide a comparable even some time much better education.

3.3.3) Informal education A large number of children getting basic education through the

in-formal system. It is very simple to understand Informal Education as informal

means unofficial and it is called informal education because; No regular curriculum Not obligatory No formal certification The Government can or cannot support the whole program as it

is mostly refer to the social base programs. Mostly education/training or awareness for this purpose is organized outside of the formally school. Most typically, the term or phrase informal education is used to refer to adult literacy and continuing education for adults.

Difference between formal & informal education

3.4) Quaternary education: • 3.4.1) Most of Master’s degree programs

require two years education. Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) is available in most of the subjects and can be undertaken after doing Masters. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) education is available in selected areas and is usually pursued after earning a M.Phil degree. Students pursuing M.Phil or PhD degrees must choose a specific field and a university that is doing research work in that field. M.Phill and PhD education in Pakistan requires a minimum of two years of study.

• 3.4.2) There are two types of Bachelor courses in Pakistan: Pass or Honors. Pass degree requires two years of study and students normally read three optional subjects (such as Chemistry or Economics) in addition to almost equal number of compulsory subjects (such as English and Pakistan). Honors degree requires three or four years of study, and students normally specialize in a chosen field of study, such as Biochemistry (BSc Hons. Biochemistry) . It can be noted that Pass Bachelors is now slowly being phased out for Honors throughout the country.

3.5) Women's education in Pakistan:• 3.5.1)Education is a fundamental right of every citizen, according to article thirty-seven of the Constitution of Pakistan, but gender discrepancies still exist in the educational sector. According to the 2011 Human Development Report of the

United Nations Development Program, approximately twice as many males as females receive a secondary education in Pakistan, and public expenditures on education amount to only 2.7% of the GDP of the country.

• 3.5.2) Improving girls’ educational levels have been demonstrated to have clear impacts on the health and economic future of young women, which in turn improves the prospects of their entire community.

• 3.5.3) The importance of education in Islam is obvious. Islam pays too much attention on education. Islam has made the acquisition of Education compulsory for every man and woman.

• Next: Nasir Shahzad

LITERACY RATE IN PAKISTAN

• The literacy rate in Pakistan ranges from 87% in Islamabad to 20 %.

• In Pakistan peoples of different age having the literacy rate as follows ,….

AGE LITERACY RATE %

Age b/w 55-64 30 %

Age b/w 45-54 40 %Age b/w 25-34 50 %

Age b/w 15 -24 60 %

In indicate the with every passing generationLiteracy rate is increased By 10 %

LITERACY RATE Of PAKISTAN with Other countries.

• Next: Wahab Ali

4-CONCLUSION

• Pakistan’s educational system is stratified according to socio-economic class.

• Every stratum of society has its own different kind of education system with distinct syllabus and textbooks.

• These different systems of education, with their own curricula, are widening the gulf among social classes and drifting them away from national unity.

4- CONCLUSION

• In today's world, the benchmark for excellence is education. Moreover, if a country has a distraught academic infrastructure, the chances to survive in current competitive world will be limited.

• In the current scenario the best investment will be on education---but education which promotes tolerance and humane values.

5-Recommendation: • Estimating the value of education, the Government should take

solid steps on this issue. Implementation instead of projecting policies should be focused on. Allocation of funds should be made easy from provinces to districts and then to educational institutes. Workshops must be arranged for teachers. Technical education must be given to all the classes. The education board of Punjab has projected a plan to give tech- education to the children of industrial workers. Promotion of the primary education is the need of time. The state seems to give up her responsibility and totally relying on private sector. The need of time is to bring education in its original form to masses. Burdening students with so many books will not work as he will not understand what the world is going to do next moment. Education is the only cure of the instability in the state and can bring revolution through evolution, by eradicating the social evils

6-REFERENCES

Ministry of Education. National Education Policy. Islamabad.

Farooq, R. A. . Education System in Pakistan; Issues and Problems. Islamabad, Pakistan: Asia Society for Promotion of Innovation and Reform in Education (ASPIRE).

UNESCO. Why Pakistan needs a Literacy Movement? Islamabad.

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