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It's not all doom and gloom folks. Pakistani children are now one of the fastest improving groups when it comes to academic success.
GCSEs
British Pakistani students achieve below national GCSE pass rates. However, the British Pakistani GCSE pass rate has steadily increased since 1999, bridging the gap towards the UK national average, year by year. In addition, the British Pakistani GCSE pass rate fails to distinguish between the differences in achievement around the country, since Pakistani pupils have greater regional fluctuations than others.
This is a result of differences in material circumstances, social class and migration histories between the different communities of British Pakistanis.
Already in 2004, Pakistani pupils from London were achieving above the regional and UK national averages. 50.2% of Pakistani boys and 63.3% of Pakistani girls from London achieved five or more A*-C grades. Compared to the national averages of 46.8% and 57%, for boys and girls, respectively.
By 2008, 58.2% of British Pakistani students had passed 5 or more GCSE's, showing an improvement of almost 10%, between 2005 & 2008.
As of 2009, 13% of Pakistanis achieved an A grade in GCSE Maths and 9% did so in GCSE English.[62]
Source;
http://www.insted.co.uk/raising2005.pdf
33% of British Pakistani boys choose to continue their studies to the university level. This rate is the third highest rate in the country after Chinese and Indian boys and is higher than the rate for White British boys (23%), Black African boys (30%), Bangladeshi boys (29%), Black Caribbean boys (16%) and those falling into the other black category (20%).
Source;
As Black and Asian teenagers flock to university, WHITE working-class boys are shunning higher education | Mail Online
As an ethnic group we have the third highest rate of home ownership
National Statistics Online - Housing
But there are issues. Firstly the ghettoisation of Pakistani communities in the old Northern mill towns is a problem. Crime, poverty, lack of opportunity are all issues that blight every ethnic group, especially white working class people and blacks. Again this also translates across all the Pakistani ethnic groups and not just the Mirpuris.
The government has laid a big emphasis on the regeneration and development of the North West, to bring it on par with the South. The income inequality gap is massive and this just exacerbates the problems.
The community itself has to tackle the issue. This doesn't mean just leave it to the mosque, but people should be asking themselves what they are doing. It's all well and good complaining but when was the last time you gave some of your time in order to better your community? Even whilst I was working in the city I would devote my evenings to helping Pakistani children with things such as homework to the more complex social issues e.g. crime. This work paid off and these children[now young adults] lead productive lives.
Aside this various cultural customs, I'm sorry to say are badly damaging the Pakistani community. Customs such as forcing your children to marry from Pakistan, all in the name of family unity. This usually involves brining an uneducated man/woman who can't speak the language, finds it difficult to fit in, will be at the very bottom end of the employment ladder and are unable to help their children with basic homework tasks. Look at the Indian community. They marry their children off to other young Indians who are educated and hence have a high degree of social capital, which they will pass onto their offspring.
Social capital has been non existent for substantial numbers of Pakistani children and hence we have youngsters who fall into a life of crime, due to the lack of guidance, no role models etc.
It's time to act and move now, or we will end up up with more cases like the human trash above.
GCSEs
British Pakistani students achieve below national GCSE pass rates. However, the British Pakistani GCSE pass rate has steadily increased since 1999, bridging the gap towards the UK national average, year by year. In addition, the British Pakistani GCSE pass rate fails to distinguish between the differences in achievement around the country, since Pakistani pupils have greater regional fluctuations than others.
This is a result of differences in material circumstances, social class and migration histories between the different communities of British Pakistanis.
Already in 2004, Pakistani pupils from London were achieving above the regional and UK national averages. 50.2% of Pakistani boys and 63.3% of Pakistani girls from London achieved five or more A*-C grades. Compared to the national averages of 46.8% and 57%, for boys and girls, respectively.
By 2008, 58.2% of British Pakistani students had passed 5 or more GCSE's, showing an improvement of almost 10%, between 2005 & 2008.
As of 2009, 13% of Pakistanis achieved an A grade in GCSE Maths and 9% did so in GCSE English.[62]
Source;
http://www.insted.co.uk/raising2005.pdf
33% of British Pakistani boys choose to continue their studies to the university level. This rate is the third highest rate in the country after Chinese and Indian boys and is higher than the rate for White British boys (23%), Black African boys (30%), Bangladeshi boys (29%), Black Caribbean boys (16%) and those falling into the other black category (20%).
Source;
As Black and Asian teenagers flock to university, WHITE working-class boys are shunning higher education | Mail Online
As an ethnic group we have the third highest rate of home ownership
National Statistics Online - Housing
But there are issues. Firstly the ghettoisation of Pakistani communities in the old Northern mill towns is a problem. Crime, poverty, lack of opportunity are all issues that blight every ethnic group, especially white working class people and blacks. Again this also translates across all the Pakistani ethnic groups and not just the Mirpuris.
The government has laid a big emphasis on the regeneration and development of the North West, to bring it on par with the South. The income inequality gap is massive and this just exacerbates the problems.
The community itself has to tackle the issue. This doesn't mean just leave it to the mosque, but people should be asking themselves what they are doing. It's all well and good complaining but when was the last time you gave some of your time in order to better your community? Even whilst I was working in the city I would devote my evenings to helping Pakistani children with things such as homework to the more complex social issues e.g. crime. This work paid off and these children[now young adults] lead productive lives.
Aside this various cultural customs, I'm sorry to say are badly damaging the Pakistani community. Customs such as forcing your children to marry from Pakistan, all in the name of family unity. This usually involves brining an uneducated man/woman who can't speak the language, finds it difficult to fit in, will be at the very bottom end of the employment ladder and are unable to help their children with basic homework tasks. Look at the Indian community. They marry their children off to other young Indians who are educated and hence have a high degree of social capital, which they will pass onto their offspring.
Social capital has been non existent for substantial numbers of Pakistani children and hence we have youngsters who fall into a life of crime, due to the lack of guidance, no role models etc.
It's time to act and move now, or we will end up up with more cases like the human trash above.
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