There is concern about the current education system of our country among the conscious people. Question paper leaks in the public examinations, error in textbooks, yearly syllabus changes, multiple public examinations, coaching-based education system, corruption and the pressure of getting A+ from the parents to the children are actually taking the education system of our country to the edge of the ruin. For a long time, various types of ill-competitions are going based on four public examinations in every year.
Parents are getting mad to ensure their children's GPA- 5. There is also ill competitions among educational institutions. And ultimately, impeccable students are being victimized. Here, the life of each student seems to be a part of a mill-factory! Almost every student is running here for GPA- 5. Being tired, some of them are taking their leave from life. After publishing the results of the public examinations every year, suicidal news are heard. Nevertheless, the pressure of expectations of the guardians does not minimize.
What responsibilities they should practise to the society, what to do to be a real person, besides the other things, there is no scope for free- thinking of the students. Parents also make decision what their children will be in the future as they grow up. Parents want to fill their own incomplete dreams through a child.
Moreover, many of the students look for the question before exam by abandoning the moral values, memorising the leaked questions, copying or looking at others in the exam hall. Among the parents, many are handing over the leaked questions to the child. How strange! There is no ethics and morality. What a suicidal decision! Parents believe that the child's golden future lies in GPA- 5 and the failure to achieve this is a statue of debris. But does the future only depend on the good results?
Recently, one of the country's top private TV channels has published an investigative report about anarchy and corruption of education sector. It has been shown in the report that the students who failed in the examination are being certified as passed because of the might of illegal use of money, as well as the results are being changed of the exam. GPA-5 is being sold like daily products! And some corrupt officials and employees of the board are involved in this abhorrent activity.
As usual comments, he told that exemplary measures will be taken against the offenders. But how can we keep trust on him? When public examination questions were consistently leaking, he didn't confess rather blamed the issue of question leakages as 'rumour'. Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, a renowned educationist of the country, has been vocal about the demand for end of questions leaked. Articles have been written in newspapers. Journalists have made reports with proofs.
At last under the pressure, he accepted the reality. But he said that it is not possible to stop question paper leaks in the era of modern technology. Some 'Koolangar' teacher leaked the question. How to handle the question leak? In this speech, his administrative inefficiency is evident. He has not been able to take any punitive action till now against the culprits. He faced intense criticism before over question paper leak in all exams. Many people, including politicians, academicians and civil society members demanded that he should resign accepting failure to stop question leak but he did not.
The report illustrates the corruption and disillusionment of the educational system as well as the depiction of the deprivation of moral values. Some of the guardians resort to corruption for good results of their child is nothing but shameful as well as suicidal. Being wondered, how they are parents! And what will be the benefit of such GPA- 5? Is GPA- 5 everything in life? Education will mean nothing in this country if such malpractice goes on.
I can remember a report was published on a private TV channel questioning about the country's 'education system standard' a few years ago. Then a debate was started in the social media. The reporter tried to present the overall image of the current education system by asking some questions who gained highest results in the public examinations.
The answers given by the students found were very frustrating. Although the achievement of millions of students cannot be judged by just a few students.So, there may have a debate over the reporter and the report, but the miserable conditions that the reporter showed the report is relevant even today. Interest in learning about current students is very low. Most of them do not want to know about country, society and culture. They only want to have GPA- 5. And for this they can choose any path even may involve themselves in corruptions. Some of the parents are not lagging behind. This image is very dangerous for country and the nation. The quality of the majority of the students who are now doing better results is not satisfactory.
In 2008, in order to develop the students as intellectual and creative, the government introduced creative questions in education system in the country by eliminating traditional question method in the concept of developed world. It was introduced at the SSC level on experimental basis in the general education. Later it was applied to Madrasa and technical education. For the mental development of the students, the government prohibits printing, binding, publishing, importing, distributing and selling notebooks and guides from the first to the eighth grade by law.
Printing and marketing of guide and note books in one judgment in the High Court is completely prohibited. All the steps taken were promising and commendable. But what is the real picture? Although printing or marketing of notes or guide books is prohibited, a lot of books or guide books are publicly sold in bookstores. And the most ridiculous thing is that the test questions are made by note or guide since many of the teachers do not have a good idea about creative questions.
As a result, they asked directly help from the guide books. Private and coaching business is unleashed after the creation of creative methods in education system. Frequent public examinations are making coaching, private, model test trade reinforced. As the student's note guidance increased, the dependence towards the coaching or private has increased. As well as the model test trade is increasing day by day.
Where is the opportunity to develop one's own talent and nobility here? Everyone just wants GPA- 5 whether he or she knows something about country, society and culture or not. We must acknowledge the fact that our country's current education system is unable to make good citizens.
