Sir: A nation’s progress largely depends on the quality of education imparted to its people. Modern educated countries keep updating their textbooks with new syllabi, adjusting the education system to fit the economic realities of the world in which their people will find themselves in the near future. However, in Pakistan no attention is given to education, leave alone adapting the syllabus to new trends. Government should improve the education system and bring it in line with the modern development of the world. An overhauling of the syllabi is in order to make learning a functional activity that could help students to become enlightened citizens. RABIA SAEED Karachi