The author works independently as a teacher/researcher and is interested in politics of education reforms. He can be reached at imuzaffar@gmail.com
Though teaching is termed the profession of prophets, teachers are routinely derided and denigrated. Why?
Now that the fees society has shaken the society out of its slumber, parents should realise that they have been lazy eyed all along while high-fees...
Do admission tests ensure quality of entrants in higher education institutions?
A narrow focus on access and quality is eliding a vital discussion on the purposes of education
Increasing dependence on market forces for the supply of basic education is worsening the already high levels of social fragmentation
A lesson in the history of education systems may teach us that political will and deep recognition of education as a lifeline for the nation-state...
What young people are learning in science and mathematics is woefully inadequate in providing them with capabilities needed to find their way in a...
Instead of raising and answering fundamental questions about purposes of education in our context, we have been borrowing heavily, and uncritically,...
Though electoral democracy is steadily taking roots in Pakistan, education has not yet assumed the attractive status of being a vote getter for...
Most of the educational reforms fail due to lack of political and economic engagement with the stakeholders
Public schools, like living organisms, are also systems. They can be broken and injured but can also be healed with a well-designed and time-bound...
With easy access to Internet, there is a possibility that technology can potentially disrupt the very fabric of the traditional school. From this...
Important decisions for effective education policies should be taken only after a thorough public debate
Teacher education programmes without any policy analysis and public debate serve no purpose
Which way we will head as a society when the siege mentality nurtured inside high walls becomes normalised in the minds of our children?
The only true homage to those who laid down their lives is a transformation in the state of our education. No child should be left alone to drift...
The realpolitik of education reforms need to be further debated and clarified for ensuring education justice
When talking about education, we tend to lose our focus on ‘good teaching’ and replace it with ‘good learning outcomes’
How can education help achieve a civil and open society in a situation characterised by competing ideas and existential tensions about the nature of...
All conversation between the hero-worshippers and those who think of her as the tool of Western propaganda rings hollow in a society which still has...
