IMPACT OF ELITE SCHOOLS ON

PAKISTANI SOCIETY

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 WHAT IS SCHOOL?
“A SCHOOL IS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION DESIGNED TO PROVIDE LEARNING SPACES
AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE TEACHING OF STUDENTS UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF TEACHERS
 IMPORTANCE OF
SCHOOLS:
JUST AS TEACHERS MAY TEACH A BROAD SPECTRUM OF SUBJECT MATTER
FROM MATH, SCIENCE, ENGLISH, TO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TECHNOLOGY
AND THE ARTS, THEY ALSO TEACH ACROSS A WIDE AGE RANGE AND IN
MANY DIFFERENT CLASSROOM SETTINGS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
 TYPES OF SCHOOLS

PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
O LEVEL SCHOOLS
ELITE SCHOOLS
SPECIAL SCHOOLS
MADRASSAH SCHOOLS
MILITARY SCHOOLS
 ELITE SCHOOLS
ELITE PRIVATE SCHOOLS APPLY INDIRECT AND STRINGENT ECONOMIC
SCREENING VIA THEIR FEE STRUCTURES. THESE SCHOOLS ARE WITHOUT
DOUBT FOR THOSE THAT POSSESS OPULENT AMOUNTS OF WEALTH. THESE
SCHOOLS USE ENGLISH AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION AND PROMOTE
CRITICAL THINKING, OBJECTIVITY AND AN ADHERENCE TO FOREIGN CULTURE
 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS
EMERGENCE
WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THIS QUESTION, THE ALMOST UNIVERSAL REPLY IS
THAT ELITE PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE SIMPLY CATERING TO A PRE-EXISTING DEMAND
FOR QUALITY EDUCATION AT A HIGH PRICE POINT. GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS FAILED
WHICH IS WHY THE PRIVATE SECTOR STEPPED IN.

WHAT HAVE THEY

PRODUCED?
THE EFFECTS OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY THE BRITISH
CONTINUE TO THIS DAY. THIS IS SEEN IN THE CONTINUED STRATIFICATION OF THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHERE HIGHER QUALITY PRIVATE SCHOOLS TEACH ELITE
STUDENTS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE USING THE BRITISH CURRICULUM
 EXPENDITURES
ON AVERAGE, AN ELITE SCHOOL LOCATED IN A MAJOR URBAN CENTER CHARGES
ANYWHERE UPWARD OF RS10,000 PER MONTH FOR A SINGLE STUDENT.

CREATION OF STRUCTURAL GAP WITHIN

THE SOCIETY:
THE STUDENTS PRODUCED IN THE GOVERNMENT-RUN EDUCATION SYSTEM ARE
CONSIDERED INFERIOR TO THE ONES HAILING FROM ELITE SCHOOLS, NOTABLY A
FEW INTERNATIONAL CHAINS FOLLOWING THE CAMBRIDGE SYSTEM THROUGH
THE NETWORKING OF ELITE SCHOOLS
 SOCIOLOGICAL IMBALANCE
 ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL ALIENATION AMONG DIFFERENT
CLASSES
 HATRED TOWARDS PRIVILEGED SECTIONS
 COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE MEASURES
A MASSIVE EDUCATION REFORM IS IMPERATIVE IN PAKISTAN. IT’S HIGH TIME FOR A
CENTRAL EDUCATION SYSTEM TO BE ESTABLISHED THAT IS ONE AND FOR ALL.
 PREVALENCE OF SAME EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
 FREE EDUCATION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER SYSTEMS

FOOTSTEPS OF UNITED KINGDOM
EDUCATION SYSTEM OF FINLAND
 CONCLUSION
TO SUMMARIZE, DIVISION IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF ANY COUNTRY
SHOW THE DISINTEGRATED PICTURE OF A NATION. NO WONDER, PAKISTAN
IS STILL STRUGGLING TO REVIVE ITS STATURE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
UNIFORM, STRONG AND FREE EDUCATION SYSTEM IS INDISPENSABLE FOR
THIS POOR NATION. AN EDUCATION SYSTEM WITHOUT CLASS DIVISION CAN
ACT AS A CATALYST IN BRINGING SOCIOECONOMIC PROSPERITY.