Exercise of Uniform Education System

Napoleon Bonaparte said, “Of all our institutions, public education is the most important. Everything depends on it, the present and the future. It is essential that the morals and political ideas of the generation which is now growing up should no longer be dependent upon the news of the day or the circumstances of the moment. Above all, we must secure unity: we must be able to cast a whole generation in the same mould” ("Parents and Citizens Council”). Over the course of our history, many have striven for equality in all fields of life, be it government, domestic life or education. The responsibility now lies on our shoulders to carry forth this struggle. So when it comes to education, Pakistan should exercise a uniform curriculum at the elementary and secondary level. Although, some consider the idea of uniform education in a country to be futile and impossible; however, such a system will help development of an underdeveloped country, unity of the nation, will provide equal opportunities to citizens of all classes and will lead to intellectually united communities.

A uniform education system is obligatory for the unity of a nation. As a matter of fact, the Pakistani education system is a by-product of British colonialism and unfortunately this system persists even today. The remnants of the divide and rule policy still exist in disguise today in Pakistan. Now, if there are different education systems in the same society, the nation will automatically divide into chunks and unanimity will diminish. As an example, our current education system is divided into three categories: the English medium schools, the Urdu medium schools and the religious madrassas. The elite class generally studies in English medium schools where the st...

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