Education is a need of any society and more so of that one is lagging behind in development and is fragmented along many fissures. There was recently much talk of an education emergency being imposed in Pakistan but nothing of note was done. The federal government only allocated less than 3 percent of its budget to education.
This is extremely low for a country where literacy is on the decrease rather than otherwise. Now that the education portfolio has been devolved, one can expect the situation to improve. But if they continue to spend money wastefully on schemes like the Daanish schools in Punjab rather than working on improving the existing system, one will not expect much of a quick betterment. Education is the cornerstone of a civilised nation and we must act on this on an emergency basis.
SAMINA A
Lahore
