Education system of pakistan by balawalsarao

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF
PAKISTAN
University 0f Sargodha
Lahore camp

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Ali Raza-277
Nasir Shahzad-287
Balawal Hussain (leader)-269
Wahab Ali-257
Usman Aslam-299

Education means to learn something. Without
education you can not achieve anything in the
world.
Education is the wise, hopeful and respectful
cultivation of learning undertaken in the belief
that all should have the chance to share in life.

1- Purpose
The purpose of writing report on education system of
Pakistan is to enhance the awareness of education
among the people.
Education becomes most important basic need of the
developing countries. Pakistan is also include in those
developing countries. Education system in Pakistan is
the system which is crossing among the various ups and
down. Pakistan and government of Pakistan struggling
towards improving the educations system in Pakistan
but all in vain.

Education Is the third Eye of a man.

The education system in Pakistan is generally
divided into six levels:
Primary education (for the age from 2.5 to 5 years).
Primary (grades one through five)
Middle (grades six through eight)
High ( grades nine and ten, leading to the Secondary
School Certificate or SSC)
Intermediate (grades eleven and twelve, leading to
a Higher Secondary School Certificate Or HSC )
 University (programs Leading to Undergraduate and
graduate degrees

Kinds of Institutions
1. Government Institutions
2. Federal Government Institutions
3. Garrison Institutes
4. Cadet Schools & Colleges
5. Local Bodies Institutions
6. Public Sector Institutions

7. Danish Schools
8. Non-Elite English Medium Schools
9. Madrassahs
10. Missionary Schools

Table1. Entry age of students for various levels
of education
Level Age (Year)
Pre-primary 4+ - 5+
Elementary 5+ - 13+
Secondary 13+ - 15+
Higher Secondary 15+ - 17+
Tertiary/ University 17+ - 21+

3.1)Primary Education:
3.1.1) Only 87% of Pakistani children finish primary
school education. The standard national system of
education is mainly inspired from the British System.
Pre-school education is designed for 3–5 years old and
usually consists of three stages: Play Group, Nursery
and Kindergarten (also called 'KG' or 'Prep'). After pre-
school education, students go through Junior School
from grades 1 to 5. This is followed by Middle School
from grades 6 to 8. At middle school, Single-sex
education is usually preferred by the community, but
co-edcation is also common in urban cities. The
curriculum is usually subject to the institution.

3.1.2)Primary Education:
• The eight commonly examined disciplines are Urdu,
English, mathematics, arts, science, social studies,
Islamic studies and sometimes computer studies
(subject to availability of a computer laboratory).
Provincial and regional languages such as Punjabi,
Sindhi, Pashto and others may be taught in their
respective provinces, particularly in language-medium
schools. Some institutes give instruction in foreign
languages such as Turkish, Arabic, Persian, French and
Chinese. The language of instruction depends on the
nature of the institution itself, whether it is an
English-medium school or an Urdu-medium school.

3.2) Secondary Education:
3.2.1) Secondary education in Pakistan begins from grade 9 and
lasts for four years. After end of each of the school years,
students are required to pass a national examination
administered by a regional Board of Intermediate and
Secondary Education (or BISE).
3.2.2) There is another type of education in Pakistan which is
called "Technical Education", gathering technical and
vocational Education. There are many streams students can
choose for their 11 and 12 grades, such as pre-medical, pre-
engineering, humanities (or social sciences), computer science
and commerce. Each stream consists of three electives and as
well as three compulsory subjects of English, Urdu, Islamiat
(grade 11 only) and Pakistani Studies (grade 12 only).

3.3) Formal & informal education:
• 3.3.1) Formal versus Informal Education
There is a long-lasting debate in some circles about the relative intrinsic
worth of formal and informal education. This debate may impact our
work in a literacy program. We have to differentiate between formal and
informal education and why it is necessary in this rapid world and
especially countries like Pakistan.
• 3.3.2) Formal Education
The term formal education refers to the structured and prearranged
educational system provided by the state for children of that country. In
most countries, the formal education system is state-supported and
state-operated. In some countries like Pakistan, the state allows and
certifies private systems which provide a comparable even some time
much better education.

3.3.3) Informal education
A large number of children getting basic education through the
in-formal system.
It is very simple to understand Informal Education as informal
means unofficial and it is called informal education because;
 No regular curriculum
 Not obligatory
 No formal certification
The Government can or cannot support the whole program as it
is mostly refer to the social base programs. Mostly
education/training or awareness for this purpose is organized
outside of the formally school. Most typically, the term or
phrase informal education is used to refer to adult literacy and
continuing education for adults.

3.4) Quaternary education:
• 3.4.1) Most of Master’s degree programs
require two years education. Master of
Philosophy (M.Phil) is available in most of
the subjects and can be undertaken after
doing Masters. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
education is available in selected areas and
is usually pursued after earning a M.Phil
degree. Students pursuing M.Phil or PhD
degrees must choose a specific field and a
university that is doing research work in
that field. M.Phill and PhD education in
Pakistan requires a minimum of two years
of study.

• 3.4.2) There are two types of Bachelor courses in
Pakistan: Pass or Honors. Pass degree requires two
years of study and students normally read three
optional subjects (such as Chemistry or Economics) in
addition to almost equal number of compulsory
subjects (such as English and Pakistan). Honors degree
requires three or four years of study, and students
normally specialize in a chosen field of study, such as
Biochemistry (BSc Hons. Biochemistry) . It can be
noted that Pass Bachelors is now slowly being phased
out for Honors throughout the country.

3.5) Women's education in Pakistan:
• 3.5.1)Education is a fundamental right
of every citizen, according to article
thirty-seven of the Constitution of
Pakistan, but gender discrepancies
still exist in the educational sector.
According to the 2011 Human Development Report of the
United Nations Development Program, approximately twice
as many males as females receive a secondary education
in Pakistan, and public expenditures on education amount to
only 2.7% of the GDP of the country.

• 3.5.2) Improving girls’ educational levels have been
demonstrated to have clear impacts on the health and
economic future of young women, which in turn improves the
prospects of their entire community.
• 3.5.3) The importance of education in Islam is obvious. Islam
pays too much attention on education. Islam has made the
acquisition of Education compulsory for every man and
woman.

• The literacy rate in Pakistan ranges from 87% in
Islamabad to 20 %.
• In Pakistan peoples of different age having the
literacy rate as follows ,….
AGE LITERACY RATE
%
Age b/w 55-64 30 %
Age b/w 45-54 40 %
Age b/w 25-34 50 %
Age b/w 15 -24 60 %
In indicate the
with every
passing
generation
Literacy rate is
increased
By 10 %

• Pakistan’s educational system is stratified
according to socio-economic class.
• Every stratum of society has its own different kind
of education system with distinct syllabus and
textbooks.
• These different systems of education, with their
own curricula, are widening the gulf among social
classes and drifting them away from national
unity.

• In today's world, the benchmark for excellence is
education. Moreover, if a country has a distraught
academic infrastructure, the chances to survive in
current competitive world will be limited.
• In the current scenario the best investment will be
on education---but education which promotes
tolerance and humane values.

• Estimating the value of education, the Government should take
solid steps on this issue. Implementation instead of projecting
policies should be focused on. Allocation of funds should be
made easy from provinces to districts and then to educational
institutes. Workshops must be arranged for teachers. Technical
education must be given to all the classes. The education board
of Punjab has projected a plan to give tech- education to the
children of industrial workers. Promotion of the primary
education is the need of time. The state seems to give up her
responsibility and totally relying on private sector. The need of
time is to bring education in its original form to masses.
Burdening students with so many books will not work as he will
not understand what the world is going to do next moment.
Education is the only cure of the instability in the state and can
bring revolution through evolution, by eradicating the social
evils

Ministry of Education. National Education Policy.
Islamabad.
Farooq, R. A. . Education System in Pakistan; Issues
and Problems. Islamabad, Pakistan: Asia Society for
Promotion of Innovation and Reform in Education
(ASPIRE).
UNESCO. Why Pakistan needs a Literacy Movement?
Islamabad.

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