Keeping children busy during coronavirus on March 20, 2020Many countries around the world are experiencing lockdown due to coronavirus panic, aimed at keeping people at a distance from each other. Government of Pakistan has closed schools in all the four provinces and regions up to 5th of April; the Sindh government has proposed moving summer holidays from June and July to April and […]
Creative Tension and Aggravating Discomfort on February 27, 2020Gone are the days when friends and colleagues had long discussions and prolonged sittings to reach the solutions for their impending problems of either nature. They would discuss their personal, job oriented, organizational, business and social problems, share their learning coated theories and reach solutions, plunge in experiments and review results again in the sittings. […]
Children and media: what are the options for parents? on February 15, 2020A few days ago, our family friends shared, on a lighter note, that their children had gone crazy behind screens of cell phones, laptops and television. They were wondering how to keep an eye on their children and how to find appropriate material for them to watch. “We are puzzled about the selection of suitable […]
Appropriate option for education governance on December 30, 2019In 2010, I wrote an article about educational governance in Sindh, which was published in a regional Sindhi newspaper. That article highlighted the problems and issues in the province’s education about a decade ago and suggested applicable solutions to the education department at that time. The idea was taken well by educated circles in the […]
Western education and extremism on December 2, 2019Many hearts felt grief at seeing the Holy Quran being set on fire and thrown in the trash in Norway, a Northern European country in the Scandinavian Peninsula. It came as an added shock that the country’s education system had been ranked amongst the top five education systems of the world for two-quarters of years […]
A Perspective on Future Education Approach on November 22, 2019It is generally discussed that public sector education institutions have delivered less than private sector. And private sector education is expensive to the reach of common people. We have been listening people saying public sector education has no or low quality but private education institutions are offering quality education. This is a public opinion about […]
Exploring ethics in education on October 23, 2019A few days ago I had a coincidental sitting with an old colleague, who was very keen to provide quality education to his children. Following a detailed discussion about his children’s education he took a long breath and said, “I could not find a school for my children.” Although his children are getting education in […]