Dateline Washington -Pakistan's Education landscape and US Assistance Part 1

Tabinda Naeem-Urdu VOA Washington-
First part of this report examines whether and how Pakistan's education system, including but not limited to its madrasas, may be contributing to militancy in Pakistan. Recent data on Pakistan's educational landscape and on the background of Pakistani militants do not support the most common notion that madrasas are the central factor in Pakistani militancy. Another data on education and conflict shows a correlation between school attainment and conflict. This report is not based on new field work or survey data but is giving a synopsis of the education sector in Pakistan over its 65 year's history. Dr Rebecca Winthrop-the co director of Center for Universal Education at Brookings Institution who has recently co headed a research project "Beyond Madrassas --Assessing the links between education and Militancy in Pakistan", Dr Zubair Iqbal-a long time IMF development expert and current scholar with Middle East Institute , Dr Ayesha Siddiqa -a renowned political analyst from Pakistan discuss the dismal state of Pakistani education sector and how limited access to quality education is resulting in bad civic values and may contribute to militancy. The experts also discuss the impacts of 4 different educational systems within Pakistan along with poor education sector governance that creates a class based society and huge discrepancies in the public education system inflaming citizen's grievances against government. The report briefly discusses the relationship of education and economy and how the lack of skills and poor preparation for labor market is frustrating the young achievers and increasing the pool of possible militant recruits.

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• Pakistan Education
• Pakistan Social issues
• Pak-US Relations
• Education Index Pakistan

[Mustafaahmed1970]

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