Standard of education: shifting of responsibilities

Standard of education: shifting of responsibilities

It has become fashion to blame and criticize some one. But no one is ready to think for a moment as to who is truly responsible for all that. No doubt education is a very big issue of any society, needs attention of all the stakeholders, i.e. government and society. Just talking about low quality of education and holding the authorities only responsible for its decline, makes no service and sense. It would be just shifting of responsibilities. In fact situation demands strong will and powerful action.

A philosopher said, “The best gift from a father to his child is education and upbringing". To fix responsibility and understand the entire scenario lets start from the beginning. The first step of educating a child starts from home. These are parents who are responsible to provide education atmosphere to their children. It is the place, where interest of a child for education is developed.
If parents are educated, they want their children should be educated. They wish to see them successful in their lives.
Pakistan is an agricultural country, majority of its population belongs to rural areas and they are bounded with their environment, hence they are unable to take serious interest in education. That is why we find low literacy rate and low standard of education in our rural areas as compared to urban areas. In rural areas children have fewer opportunities for education. A majority of rural population thinks that education matters a very little in their lives, as it is no more useful for them in practical life. Another factor which hampers education is discrimination between boys and girls which is observed by the parents. Boys are allowed with maximum facilities to get higher education but girls are discouraged and at the most they are allowed to have primary education. This criteria results into less literacy rate.
It is uphill task to change the mentality of people in a male dominated society. Furthermore, in case of Pakistan, it is more difficult due to poor governance and lack of access to justice.
Not only non governmental sectors but the government officials admit that in rural areas school and college teachers are getting salaries at their homes without attending the schools. Studies show that a large number of ghost teachers who in connivance with the educational officers and through political influence do not perform their duties in schools and colleges. Sindh minister for education Pir Mazharul Haq is on record that in Sindh over 3000 schools were practically lying closed. This practice is continuing since years.
The reports also suggest that in some schools, if teachers are present, they do not pay proper attention to their students deserve. Practically we are creating an illiterate generation carrying degrees in their hands.
Poor monitoring, political patronage and lack of interest by the community has destroyed our education.
When government schools fail to provide quality education and government and other concerned authorities failed to change the situation it opened the doors for commercialization of this basic sector which has been a vehicle of change. This gave rise to mushroom growth of private educational institutions sectors.
It is strange phenomena that in even katchi Abadi you will find private schools and private doctors. This is basically no confidence against the government’s health and educational system which has failed to deliver.
The tragedy not only ends here. A few private schools have quality education that too on higher cost. A number of private schools lack basic infrastructure and qualified teaching staff. Practically they are as bad as public sector schools. This situation has further commercialized the education in shape of private tuitions and so called institutes. This all have made quality education rather proper education for children of common man a distance cry.
Literacy rate in the country as claimed by the government is very low. It stands 48 percent, this also includes those who can read and write their names. However different non governmental institutions question official figures about literacy rate.
There is urgent need to find out real causes of declining standard of education, which was creating illiterate carrying degrees in their hands.
I think parents, government and our system is responsible for this decline. Therefore it should be dealt with accordingly.

About Khairpur Mirs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khairpur_District
According to Wikipedia
Khairpur district (Urdu: خیر پور) is a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The district has an area of 15,910 square kilometres and is headquartered at the city of Khairpur.

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 1,546,587 of which 23.23% was urban. ^[1]. The average annual growth rate of the population is 2.71%. As per definition of Board of Revenue Sindh, Place of human habitation having at least ten houses are called settlement. There are 1,709 rural settlements in the district having population of 200 to 1000+ souls.

Following are the demographic indicators of the district as per the 1998 census of Pakistan:

Religion:
Islam: 96.86%
Hinduism: 2.93%
Christianity: 0.09%
Ahmaddiya: 0.07%
Others: 0.04%
Hindus and Christians are mainly concentrated in the urban areas

Languages:
Sindhi: 93.85%
Punjabi: 3.16%
Urdu:1.37% (mainly concentrated in the urban areas)
Baluchi:0.70%
Seraiki:0.34%
Pashto:0.25%
Others: 0.33%

The district has eight Talukas (counties):^[2]

• Khairpur
• Nara
• Kot Diji
• Sobho Dero
• Mirwah
• Kingri
• Faiz Ganj
• Gambat
  

History

Khairpur State was ruled by Mirs (ameers) of the Talpur dynasty from 1783 to 1955. In 1947, when Pakistan gained independence, Khairpur Mir's was one of the princely states that opted to join Pakistan. In 1955, the Government of Pakistan announced the abolition of all the princely states and Khairpur Mir's was annexed into the then province of West Pakistan.

Cities and Towns

Khairpur,Kotdiji, Kot Banglow, Kumb,Ranipur, Hingorja, Sagyoon, Gambat, Khuhra, Drib Mehar Shah, Tando Masti Khan, Ahmed Pur, Pir Ji Goth, Piryaloi, Babarloi, Therhi, Thari Mirwah, Mengho Fakir Shar, Bozdar Wada, Tali, Dubbi, Talpur Wada, Naseer Fakir Jalalani, Bago Daro, Jhango Wassan, Pakka Chang, Akri, Choondko, Deh sohu and many other towns and villages

Sites of Interest

Khairpur is dotted with historical sites. The Kot Diji Fort, said to be built by the Talpurs, stands on a high hill with massive walls surrounding an elaborate complex of exquisite homes, ornate canopies, marbled courtyards, promenades and long corridors with arched entryways. The corridors run along deep rooms which now lay dark and can get infested with bats. Another architectural classic is the Faiz Mahal, built in 1798 as the palace of the Talpur family in Khairpur Mirs. Besides, there are other palaces, tombsites in Kot Diji and the surrounding areas. The present successor of the Talpur Dynasty, Mir Ali Murad Khan Talpur, who acceded to the Pakistani state in 1956, is a conservationist and has to his credit an impressive wildlife sanctuary called the Mehrano, known for its black buck, and hog deer, both of which have become rare in Sindh.

The north-western part of Thar Desert lies in Khairpur district. Rohri Hills are a tourist attraction for the tombs of Pir Ubhan Shah near Kotdiji, Shadi Shaheed near Layari, Tehsil Kotdiji and Pir Baqir Shah near Choondko. Mehrano, Nara, Kalmi Quran, Thar Dhani and many other sites also draw tourist traffic.

Educational Institutes

Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur is the only higher education institute in upper Sindh. Many colleges are affiliated with this university. It has many departments which are engaged in producing graduates and in research work.And also Govt: Superior Science College is Higher education in Upper Sindh

Schools

Naz High School, Khairpur, was established by the then ruler of Khairpur State at around the dawn of 20th century. In the 1950s a concrete, metal and glass building with sprawling lawns, playgrounds and fountains replaced the earlier buildings. Opposite the school building was built Colonel Shah Hostel with its own lawns and football field with an outdoor movie screen. The high school for the girls was built near the rulers' palace, The Faiz Mahal. Education was absolutely free. The benevolent, generous rulers of Khairpur Mir's paid in full. Hundreds of thousands of students benefited from these fountains of learning. Spread over a hundred acres of land, the vast complex of Naz High School, Khairpur, can be viewed on Google Maps, satellite images. It is the largest building in the town. The school produced some of the biggest names in the country's politics; former Chief Minister of Sindh and former Defence Minister of Pakistan, Syed Ghous Ali Shah, current Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah and prominent professionals like doctors, lawyers and engineers.

Official web site of Shah Abdul Latif University
http://www.salu.edu.pk/

http://www.khairpur-mirs.netfirms.com/

A Forest Fit for a Prince
His Highness Mir Ali Murad Khan Talpur II
http://un.org.pk/undp/sgp/green-pioneers/chap-16.htm

http://www.khairpurmirs.com/khphistory.html