‘Education syllabi needs to be reviewed’

ABBOTTABAD: A United Kingdom (UK)-based chartered accountant and author, Syed Humawar Shah, has said that Pakistan has been facing serious challenges of the 21st century in education sector and the present curricula need to be reviewed.
In an interview with The News here, the author of “How to Start a Business in the UK” expressed concern over the existing syllabi in the educational system.
Humawar Shah, who is a business mentor and motivational speaker, said that during examination of textbooks of federal and local boards, he could not see much of a major change keeping in view the new developments gone through in the current world.
“To be coming from England and being a lecturer of accounts, management and business studies does make me aware of what we are missing in education here.
The English have done valuable research in this regards and have a very robust education system, well worth the praise it deserves,” he said.
He said Pakistan needed a strategy to keep up to date its educational requirements to be world-class.
Humawar Shah said the world was facing challenges like global warming, environmental deterioration through pollution and contamination, economic disparity across the world and social differences leading to war and conflicts.