The author works independently as a teacher/researcher and is interested in politics of education reforms. He can be reached at imuzaffar@gmail.com
Though teaching is termed the profession of prophets, teachers are routinely derided and denigrated. Why?
Now that the fees society has shaken the society out of its slumber, parents should realise that they have been lazy eyed all along while high-fees...
Do admission tests ensure quality of entrants in higher education institutions?
A narrow focus on access and quality is eliding a vital discussion on the purposes of education
Increasing dependence on market forces for the supply of basic education is worsening the already high levels of social fragmentation
A lesson in the history of education systems may teach us that political will and deep recognition of education as a lifeline for the nation-state...
What young people are learning in science and mathematics is woefully inadequate in providing them with capabilities needed to find their way in a...
Instead of raising and answering fundamental questions about purposes of education in our context, we have been borrowing heavily, and uncritically,...
Though electoral democracy is steadily taking roots in Pakistan, education has not yet assumed the attractive status of being a vote getter for...
All conversation between the hero-worshippers and those who think of her as the tool of Western propaganda rings hollow in a society which still has...
