Sunday, November 15, 2009

Education-Pakistan's Saving Grace?

by Maliha Tariq

Given the disastrous situation in Pakistan these days- there has been another suicide attack near Peshawar today, killing four people (Dawn News)-it is becoming more and more apparent that education may be the only thing that could prevent Pakistan from hurtling back to the Stone Age.

The challenges faced by Pakistan's education system are many and the government education system in particular is in need of a major revamping. However, an article in The Boston Globe examines a rise in private schools in the country, which tend to be inexpensive, have better standards and a slightly more diverse curriculum than government schools. According to the article ,the United States is planning to invest in private schools in Pakistan in order to "...make schools better and children more educated, and in Pakistan's case dent poverty and the appeal of extremism".

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