Few months back a report was issued on a survey conducted by South Asian Forum for Education Development (SAFED) that indicates a large number of students in Islamabad can’t read or do simple arithmetic. Although this report was denied but does the denial of our authorities really matter? Report showed that around 42 percent of students cannot read sentences, 57 percent cannot perform subtraction, 49 percent cannot read simple words and about 53 percent of students cannot recognise numbers from 0-99 and such miserable schooling condition is not only limited to public schools but in private schools as well.
This is not only limited to Islamabad, situation in other cities like Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar is quite similar. The only thing behind the success of west is education and we are least bothered to educate our people properly. Concerned authorities should consider this issue as their topmost priority.
UMER BIN AJMAL
Karachi
