The developing countries of the world are trying their level best to discord the old andobsolete colonial system served only a limited purpose and devise a full blowneducational system apt to their culture and civilization. Third world countries have maderemarkable strides in increasing their literary rates. Singapore has raised her literary rateto 92 percent. Philippine 89 percent Sari Lanka 91 percent and China 86 percent asagainst Pakistan which is not above 40 percent. Although our statistics are calculated onthe basis of a very weak and unrealistic definition of literacy, our criterion of literacy isthe ability "to sign" - a definition which does not meet the UN specification of the term.Education provides the base upon which the pillars of progress and development of anation are erected. It is a great tragedy that in spite of theoretical fanfare no practical stepwas ever taken by the government to end the educational bankruptcy of our nation. For example Sharif Commission endeavoured to modify the British system and bring it closer to American pattern in aim, content and testing model. American system became popular in our country because it suits to mind of the present elite class of our society. <Another drawback of our education system is the introduction of dual system i.e. theEnglish Medium private schools and Urdu medium government schools. The upper strata prefer to send their children to English medium private schools being registered ascompanies and are using important syllabi that are prepared and taught in foreign mostlyWestern countries. These syllabi are more varied in content and style. The children of these schools are taught leadership, self-respect, independent ideas, confidence buildingand to select between alternatives.The teaching staff is given better training facilities and are well versed in modernteaching methods. They are given handsome packages as compared to government schoolteachers. They are more civilized and less punitive. The expenditure incurred on teachingstaff their training, workshops and other facilities are being charged from students as highfee whose parents can afford and pay gladly such high fee.On the other hand in government schools both the teaching curriculum and style is totallydifferent. The teacher is a great authoritarian and discourages the student to express hisview-point. Number of students per class is so much high that the teacher even find itdifficult to remember the names of his pupils. Similarly, individual attention is quiteimpossible. That is why sometimes even able and intelligent boys are spoiled. Rotememorization of material by the students is the biggest feature of this system. Thestudents who are unable to memorize use unfair means to get through the examination.The teaching staff is paid too little to make their both ends meet.Since majority of our people are poor and so majority of the students dead in governmentowned institutions where ethics social values and critical384The Study of Education11.
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