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Education in Pakistan: Problems, Issues and Trends

Text Book :-

McBurnie, G., & Ziguras, C. (2006). Transnational education: Issues and trends in

offshore higher education. Routledge.

Reference:-
Routledge and Kegan Paul Zake, W.M. (1992) Pakistan’s Educational Quagmire,
Islamabad: AIOU Press
Farooq, R.A. (1994) Education system in Pakistan, Islamabad: Asia Society for
Promotion of Annotation and Reform in Education.
Ghaffar Abdul (1994) Higher Education Peshawar: Ijaz Printers
Course Description
This course will focus on the ideological, philosophical, psychological, socio-economic
and historical foundations of education. The major focus will be on developing an
understanding of the participants how different philosophical theories affect education.
The course will also include historical development of education of the Pakistan.
Emphasize will be given on analyzing various sociological, political, economic and
ideological forces that influence the process of education in our culture context. This
course will also be used to develop the ability in prospective teachers to interpret
knowledge within its historical, philosophical, ideological, and social contexts, which
will lead to produce critical perspectives on education both within, and outside of,
schools.

Learning Outcomes
After completion of this course, the students will be able to.
 Study the education in Pakistan in historical perspective.
 Link the education system with that of prevalent during the British period.
 Be familiar with the proceeding of the first education conference.
 Study the recommendations of the commission on national education 1959.
 Study the salient feature of education policies 1970, 1972-80, 1979 and 1992.
 Analyze the salient features of education policy 1970, 1972-80, 1979 and 1992.
 Compare the education in Pakistan with the developed and developing countries:
and
 Understand the different educational problems, issues and trends they face today.

Pre-requisite:- Nil

Grading Policy:-
In-semester Evaluations: 30%
End Semester Evaluation: 70%
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Week-wise Breakdown

Student
Week Topics / Activities Chapter
Activity
Education in Pakistan historical
Perspectives
Continuations of the inherited
system from the British
1 1
A substitute model of Sergeant
Scheme of studies
Overall status of education at the
time of independence in 1974
First Educational Conference
1974
2 Guiding Principles for Formulation Assignment 1
of future System of Education – an
Appraisal
Recommendation of the First Report
of the Commission on National
3 2
Education 1958 with Reference to
Secondary and tertiary Education
Recommendation of the
4 2
Education Policy1970
Salient Features of Education Policy
1972 and Achievement of Targets
5 on university of Primary Education 3
and Science and Technical
Education.
New Education policy 1978
Main objectives of the policy and
6 3
national goals
Salient features
Islamization process
7 Emphasis on Science & Technical Presentation 4
education and creativity
The Education Policy 1992
8 National objectives 4
Salient feature of the new policy
9 MID TERM EXAM
Areas of National priority and
10 5
suggested strategies.
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Student
Week Topics / Activities Chapter
Activity
National Education Policy 1998-
11 Assignment 5
2010
A Comparative Analysis of
Education Policies Since 1958
12 6
Objectives
Salient features
Achievement of targets
13 7
Strong and weak areas
Comparison of Our System of
Education with those
of South Asian
Countries
14 Japan 8
Malaysia
Korea
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Comparison of Our System of
Education with those
of some of the
developed Countries
15 Presentation 8
of the World
U.S.A.
Uk.
Australia
Financial and Manpower
Planning for our Education
System
Resources and
resource utilization
16 Financial allocation Assignment 9
and their utilization
Wastage in education
Planning strategies
and implementation
mechanism
17 Organization of our system of 9
education from
primary tertiary level
in the light of the
global perspective
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Student
Week Topics / Activities Chapter
Activity
Challenges to the system: resource
constraints: Resource mobilization
population growth: Environmental
pollution; drugs, aids and bullet
culture
Role of the teacher in today’s
environment and his/her place in the
exciting setting
18 FINAL TERM EXAM