06-23-2011, 08:44 PM
Of course one cannot realize all one, s wishes, yet one can dream about them I have a strong desire to become the minster for education. I have a pretty good idea what I would do if ever I realized my dream. For one thing. I would thoroughly overhaul the existing educational system and bring about a wholesale change in it. First let me tell you about the educational policy I would adopt. My policy would be to achieve well-defined objectives with the help of certain guiding principles. The begin with, my endeaour would be to bring the system of education exactly in line with our national ideology. If Pakistan was attained in the name of Islam, then her educational system should be built on Islamic lines. I do not stay that the present system is totally un-Islamic: I only maintain that it could be made more Islamic. Secondly, I believe that the purpose of education is not to produce men whose minds have been mechanically crammed with dull facts, but men who are worthy of being called human beings. This means laying emphasis on the moral aspect of education. A students be able, not only to get a job, but also to live as medium of society. Thirdly, I would, as a matter of policy, stress the need for wider technical education. Fourthly, it would be my persistent effort to rely more and more on our national language as medium of instruction and less and less on foreign languages. Lastly, I would see to it that the qualitative aspect receives greater and importance in education that the quantitative. Here are some of the practical measures I would take in implementing my policy, first of all, I would order a complete scrutiny, from Islamic and the scientific point of view, of the syllabi of all classes. In this connection, I would seek expert advice, and also certainly ask for the public opinion. Having done this, I would take the necessary steps to popularize education in villages. I know it is a difficult job. So I would take certain special measures to accomplish this, in the first place, I would offer handsome pay and other facilities to those teachers who would be willing to work in villages. Further, I would encourage the use of modern means of communication, e.g, radio and TV in order to serve this purpose. The problem in cities is how to accommodate the growing number of students in a small number of institutions. This problem could be solved, partly , by introducing double-shift system in schools and colleges. Now it is quite interesting to indulge in such utopian talk. But how to finance these great projects? Once again the task is difficult but not impossible. The government can be asked to spend a little more on education. We can appeal to the rich and the generous to play their part in this respect. The government can also levy a special Education Tax on industrialists and other rich persons of the society. To sum up, my aim as the minister for education would be to so reorient the educational system as to make its product-i.e the students-the most useful members of society. My attempt would be to enable them to become good students, good citizens and good servant of humanity and their religion. To this end I would direct all my energies and devote all my efforts.