Author: Shagufta Shazadi Hira is a pseudonym given to the victim “You have to pa y Rs.1500/- against each paper for reviewing and only your marks will be recounted in the concerned papers”. More than a shocking statement for Hira because having 5 siblings belonging to the lower-income family; it was easy to say than managing Rs.4500, to get the review of three papers simultaneously. A brilliant student obtaining consistently higher scores in the previous school-based examinations. She was confident in her attempt in all three papers in the board-level examination too but not in the result she received, contrary to her expectations, unfortunately. Her parents were bearing Hira in their mind as a doctor therefore she had burnt midnight oils to get admission in a medical college and to let the dream of her parents come true. However, to her dismay, all of a sudden, a dreadful result put an axe over her dream as well as on her trust over the examination system. Hence, there was no w...
Author: Shagufta Shazadi It is high time that the PTI government takes education as a serious matter as the country’s economy, and sets its directions right on the future of education. If PM Imran Khan thinks that we can learn from China does he mean only learning how to handle their economy and politics or he can also learn how to revive the education system? It seems that the occurring of natural disasters is on the rise so is humans’ responses to them but that is not true for everyone. Like other countries of the world, Covid-19 hit Pakistan with a surprise, no one was ready to make a timely and effective response to it. As a result, almost, all the systems collapsed, and shutting down the country was the solitary option. We are thankful that the pandemics did not test our health system intensively therefore somehow, we could manage it. After people’s livelihoods, formal education was the worst hit. Schools were closed nationwide for about six months and about nine months in...