System of Education must assume some Responsibility of National Failures
System of Education must assume some Responsibility of National Failures Pakistan has had a number of education policies at different times, including the present National Education Policy, (2009-15) for achieving certain objectives. Objectives are of varied nature, which appears not to have been achieved over time. The common running theme in all education policies has been to preserve the ideals which led to the creation of Pakistan, strengthening the concept of a united nation and striving to preserve the Islamic way of life. Education is conceived of a factor helping in the inculcation of the Islamic principles of truth, justice, benevolence, and universal brotherhood in the people. These are indeed laudable objectives, but the nation stands far away from these for a number of reasons. The system of education must share some responsibility in not achieving the aforesaid objectives. It needs an examination to know why these objectives have remained non-achievable. The problem concer...