From: khan@ces.cwru.edu (Mansoor Khan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Private Education in Pakistan
Date: 25 Dec 1992 05:13:10 GMT
Organization: Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: world
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>Dear Mansoor Dude,

>Interestingly enough, as much as I have learnt recently from SCP on events
>surrounding creation of Pakistan, India today and Bangladesh, it seems we
>enjoy contemplating the scenarios that were the result of a different time
>and place.

>The world then was a very different place. I find your last aritcle succint and
>to the point, in response to the article you were responding to. It also
>provided the needed insight into the bias coming from Indians and Bengalis,
>that continue to plague SCP needlessly and maliciously with no intent other
>then to incite flames and controversy.

>I would like to draw you towards the issue of education and present conditions
>prevailing in Pakistan. If you know what the system is based upon, and maybe
>if you have knowledge of the private school system, could you share that with
>us..?  Specifically I mean the freedom of private schools to design their own
>syllabus ?

>Best Regards,
>Shams Hasan

	Vaa-laikum-best-regards and Christmas Mubarak,

	Pakistan is a country where literacy rate is going down.
	When talking of Bangladesh, a friend of mine once said that
	if Bangladesh is not sliding backwards, it must be making progress.
	Ever heard, ek qadam aagay, toe doe qadam peech'hay. i.e. One step
	forward, two steps backward. Pakistan is only two steps backward
	all the time. Two years ago we had Mr. 10%, now recently someone
	mentioned there is a Mr. 90%.
	Education system in Pakistan is such that middle class is taught
	in its Islamiat class in grade nine, that "Alraashi Val-murtashi
	Kullaa-humaa fin-nar" i.e. People who take and give bribes
	will both get the hell fire.  But, do you think people like
	Zardari go thru same classes. No, he is a St. Patricks Drop-out.
	Oh, please dont tell me about his educational achievements in UK :-)
	In other words, people who finally get the control of Govt. etc
	in Pakistan are never told in their education that what is wrong
	with taking rishvats( Commissions) :-)
	Pakistan needs mass education. How we are gonna get money
	to do this. Take money from people like Navaz Sharif( who took
	out billions of loans from Govt. Banks during Zia's time and never
	returned a paisaa) and Zardari( who collected 10%) and 
	Gauhar Ayub( future President of Pakistan who was the biggest
	rishvat khore of 60's) and open schools in Jehlum, Tharparkar,
	and haripur. There is enough money in Pakistan, but it is 
	stolen by Shiyateens. 
	You will notice that those who make money by working hard and
	these people usually come from good family backgrounds, will
	always invest back in the community. Hakeem Saeed should be
	congratulated on his efforts to open a University called
	Hamdard University outside Karachi. In my 21 days in Karachi 
	after 9 years, I was able to visit Hamdard University last
	year. It is a huge project, and the resident project engineer

	told me that it will be completed by 96/97. To my amazement
	I saw books like Kuo's control Engineering, and Morris Mano's
	Computer Logic Design. I saw boxes and boxes of books dnated by
	people like you and me and us to HU's library. Hamdard Foundation
	has allocated 200 crores of Rupees for the project. When I asked
	the Chief Financial Officer of Hamdard Foundation about donation
	from other resources, he said that there is almost none from
	Pakistani industrialists. So there is some hope. But we need 
	more people like Hakeem Saeed. Aga Khan University is another
	such example. Even BCCI donated money for two computer science
	colleges( one each in lahore and karachi). Agha Hasan Abdi should
	also be thanked by Pakistan for providing seed money for the
	new engineering school which is going to start under the leadership
	of Dr. A. Qadir Khan. I did not like it to be named after
	Ghulam Ishaq though. For what. What is Ghulam Ishaq's contribution
	to any thing in Pakistan. But, any way...
	In 1992 I also saw a new school in Gulshan-e-Iqbal which was
	built by the Chinyoti Community of Karachi.
	So people are doing things, but much more has to be done.
	There is no reason why there should not be upto 10 Universities in
	Karachi and another 10 in Lahore. These are big cities.
	How about more colleges for Gwadar and Pasni. Why Bugti
	does not donate the money he has looted for the establishment
	of just one school in Dera Bugti. How come Zardari does not
	spend money in Lyari on education or in Sindh's rural areas.
	No do not expect Mr. 10% to do any such thing. All this money is
	shipped out of Pakistan. 
	Some people, esp. Saad Shafqat has suggested that main idea
	in Pakistan should be to make money. But unfortunatley money
	is being made by people like Navaz and Zardari. These guys will
	not invest a penny in education or anything. These people even
	rob country of its tax money. Do we expect these theives and
	rishvat khores to spend money in education in Pakistan. No way.
		Private professional schools, colleges, Universities
	should be opened in Pakistan. Baqai Medical College in Karachi
	is a good example. People should come forward and open schools
	in Pakistan for profit. 
	
	More later

Mansoor Khan
Cleveland.