When we speak of universal education as one of the characteristics of highly modernized societies and as one of the special problems of latecomers to modernization, we mean as a minimum attaining universal or nearly universal literacy, Contrary to our general belief, the great change in history with regard to literacy rates was not a … Read more
There are, indeed, books and books; and there are books which, as Lamb said, are not books at all. I have come across both the types-the trashy as well the useful. Both have left their impress behind, but I shall mention only those which influenced my mind for the better. first book that I read … Read more
In the Western countries, the radio is considered to be one of the most powerful instruments of education. In Pakistan a majority of listeners in for it to listen the recorded music. The average Pakistani feels bored by literary and scientific talks; his great interest being the lighter items on way as he reg. ‘ds … Read more
There are no two opinions about the fact that the existing system of education is in shambles. Almost daily the colleges and universities are getting into news, not for research or scholastic achievements, but for strikes, protest processions, gheraos of the Vice-Chancellors and Principals and other non-academic matters. Hardly any university or college, in any … Read more
In the course of his school or college career a student has to go through a prescribed course of studies. These studies range over a variety of subjects. The subjects, again, are such as are calculated to impart to the student a working knowledge of most things that are of everyday importance in this world. … Read more
Among the modern sciences all have revealed such wonders of Nature compared with which the wildest fairy-tales look to be sober statements. For example, the science of biology opens before us a world of struggling, evolving, changing animal species which altogether revolutionises our entire outlook on life and man. Geology has given us a view … Read more
We live in two universes, a universe of communication and a universe of things, with which science deals. We are always talking or constantly listening. When no one is around us, we talk to ourselves. Words are the means by which our civilisation is developed and passed on. Our language determines largely the character of … Read more
An education voucher system exists when governments make payments to families that enable their children to enter public or private schools of their choice. The tax funded payments can be made directly to parents or indirectly to the selected schools; their purpose is to increase parental choice, to promote school competition, and to allow low … Read more
According to United Nations Development Programmes UNDP’s Human Development Report of 1996, the adult literacy rate in Pakistan is a nearly 36.4 percent and the gross enrollment ration at all levels in 37 percent (which indicates that the literacy rate is not growing at a reasonable rate). Having this gloomy picture in view, how can … Read more
Knowledge is a true justified belief that is acquired by a method of context and reliability. A subjects belief counts as knowledge when they have good reason to have that belief. Trusting one’s sensory experience is a reliable method for acquiring beliefs in most context. If one trust one’s sensory experience, one will acquire beliefs … Read more