The author is an independent education researcher and consultant. She has a PhD in Education from Michigan State University. She may be reached at arazzaque@gmail.com.
Most universities badly let down students and faculty in the way they let online classes be conducted. And when it comes to exams, the approaches...
Numerous social and economic pressures push many couples to have more children before they are prepared for them
Making schools liable for the conduct of their staff, teaching children about their rights and tackling societal attitudes — the sexual harassment...
All measures put on the table only amount to ad hoc, short-term quick-fixes
The argument that online learning does not work is not only lazy and wrong but also uninformed
As marches and sit-ins have become almost routine in Islamabad, we need a new tradition that strengthens our democratic culture and moves us towards...
Our state has repeatedly proven itself to be spectacularly incapable of keeping data collected from citizens secure and safe from misuse
Analysing the Punjab government’s decision to revert to Urdu as medium of instruction at the primary level in public schools
Putting out-of-school children into schools with no support system at homes is a noble desire but a complex task
Can we educate our school-age children so that they become an asset rather than a liability for the society?
The public may have come to see social media as the great leveler and democratiser that can kick state machinery into action. Is all that engagement...
Our political climate has become one where people are no longer willing to agree to easily and objectively verifiable facts anymore. In 2019,...
For the majority the most convincing speaker in a debate is the loudest, most wildly gesticulating person. Validity of his argument be damned....
Student counselling is an urgent and unmet need in our country as sexual and physical abuse, drug addiction and stress pose a serious threat to the...
Some questions for the political leadership of the country after the HEC had to suspend or halt several of its programmes due to a lack of funds
Eight months in, we still have not seen any vision for our education system, and no strategy to move us towards that vision
Venting one’s anger and frustration may feel cathartic, but if you do not engage with civility with those holding centrist views, the social...
The government’s desire to provide a level-playing field to the masses by bringing a change in the education system calls for opening up the...
All the mainstream political parties fail to offer a single policy proposal that we can consider innovative or detailed enough to expect anything to...
The scale of our educational problems is so huge that without public-private partnerships, without social enterprises and innovative solutions, we...
