“Political economy, not education focus, behind education policy”

Dr Ayesha Razzaque is an Islamabad-based independent researcher and consultant on education. She has a PhD in education from Michigan State University, US. She has been an early critic of the Single National Curriculum introduced by the previous government. The News on Sunday (TNS) spoke to her on the prospects of the policy in the wake of a change of government in Islamabad and its potential impact on education in the country. Excerpts follow.