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Sir: “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” — George Washington Carver

According to Article(25)(A) Right to Education: The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of five to sixteen years in such manner as may be determined by law.

Sir i want to draw your attention to the education system. Student and teacher are two eyes of education. From ancient past, it is the student-teacher relationship which is transforming from generation to generation.

Student centred education is the view of present educational system. The student is the ultimate end for all goals and strategies for building productive human resources. The classroom is the mini of society which is building hopes of parent’s and aspirations of the nation. For this purpose we need to use appropriate methods in a progressive perspective while strengthening current learning approaches with intense educational research.

It is accepted that our subcontinent requires high quality and productive human resources.

The creation of efficient human resources is only possible in the classroom. Teachers are the leading factor in the classroom that needs to build generations of future citizens. Teachers need many competencies to fulfil these things ie, content masterys, pedagogy mastery (skills, knowledge, capabilities etc.). Acquiring mastery is only possible through enormous strategies with utmost self-regulation and social-cognition. Educational colleges have to make students and teachers to be acquainted skills, knowledge and attitude which are the critical components to get teaching mastery. Are these things really indulged in the present curriculum of teacher education in order to give humane and professional teachers to society?

Today educational systems are differentiated with disparities. Education is divided into elite and downtrodden educational systems. Today’s education is a thing of dreams — it is unreachable to poor thus there is a need to do research on forgotten children education and empowerment and revive social pedagogy in wide scenario. I think with the current education system we are narrowing the way for our children instead of widening it. There is no doubt that our children are very talented, in schools, we just need to give them proper guidance to groom and mentor them, give them the space to become useful. The education system we are running with is not working anymore. We have to find a way to bridge the gap between schools. “The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” – Robert Maynard Hutchins

It’s unachievable when it comes to the policy makers of Pakistan. Every year policy for education is reviewed by the government but the results are same. The illiteracy rate keeps rising in Pakistan, according to a recent survey. The future of our country bet on how we choose to educate our children. It’s high time we focus all our energies on this matter otherwise; it’s going to be delayed for Pakistan.

Muhammad Ahsan baig

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Published in Daily Times, March 14^th 2018.