“All children deserve education of equal standard”
Dr Abdul Hameed Nayyar is a physicist and was professor at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, where he taught for over three decades. Following his retirement, he taught at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore. He has also led the Ali Institute of Education in Lahore. As a senior research fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, he co-authored key reports on education, including a critical review of public school curricula and textbooks. Speaking to The News on Sunday, Dr Nayyar discusses critical flaws in Pakistan’s education system and suggests pathways towards reform.