The literacy rate of Pakistan is devastatingly below the line
of sanity. However, those who are blessed to be educated in this country are none
less than an incorrect scientific experiment. Our population is largely
constituted of youth; hence our economic, social as well as cultural development
lies on the appropriate upbringing of these youngsters. Only an effective
education system can prepare these young guns to compete with the odds of the
professional life. Unfortunately the superficial education system lacks the
ability to train these young minds for the rough waves of professionalism.
The scarcity of job opportunities and hideously low pay
scales shatter the self confidence of any young grad who steps into the
professional world. After investing several years in any higher education institute
and spending tons of your parents fortune the ROI is way to minimal than
expectations. Sadly very few institutions focus on the effective professional
skills such as interpersonal communication and basic writing techniques,
whereas, majority follows the lifeless academic syllabus. The lack of focus on fundamental
skills such as writing or communication holds the students from explaining
their point of view of what they have learned from their time invested in
attaining these highly professional degrees. The root of this crisis does not
lie in the hands of our institutions only but it begins from the very beginning
of our academic career, when we first step into this education system.
Our education system can be inspired by the west but keeping
in view the geographical, social and cultural environment on priority we cannot
simply replicate the system as it is. Our youth in majority requires more focus
on technical education as masses belong to the tier 2 classes and hence the
average plethora of thesis and typical marketing strategies won’t help them in
attaining a better financial status.
Our academic system requires serious modification keeping in
view the current job market. We do not only have to prepare our youth as
perfect candidate for the job but an individual with a capacity to create jobs –
the ability to at least support entrepreneurial ventures if cannot be initiated
by themselves.
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