The Punjab government is establishing Daanish Schools in various cities of the province. Supposedly, they will boost self-confidence and literacy rate of under privileged children of Punjab.
At present the private sector is contributing over 80 percent of the nations GDP in education, therefore playing a leading role in education.
One in every four schools in the country belongs to the private sector excluding Madaris. The private sector caters to more than one third of the total students in the country. The private schools not only perform better, they also cost less than an average public school costs due to corruption and mismanagement of funds allocated for education.
In Pakistan, more than 6.5 million children of school going age are out of schools. They are out despite free education by the government and ever expanding government schools structures because the parents want more than free education boarding, lodging and income which these children are earning for them.
Is it not the responsibility of the Punjab government to provide uniform quality education to every school going child in Punjab? Why instead of improving the infrastructure of existing government schools and colleges, new building structures are being erected? There are already many school and college buildings which need upgradation and renovation in Punjab.
Why the government is spending billions of tax-payers money on Daanish Schools? Is it not for personal projection and cheap publicity? Why the government is not having private-public partnership for the existing schools and colleges to improve the quality of education?
S T HUSSAIN
Lahore
