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LAHORE - In a survey conducted by the AliAilaan, a campaign to ensure top priority attention for education in ongoing election campaigns, 60 percent of respondents stated they intended to vote, promising thus to lead to the highest voter turnout in the countrys history.
Contrary to expectations of the youth vote turnout in 2013, just 51 percent of those aged 18-24 intended to vote while among the 45+ age group, 73 percent were willing to do so.
More than half of those surveyed (58%) do not believe politicians will meet the promises made in their party manifestos, and just 3 percent trust a politician to talk about issues specifically related to education. Here, 45 percent trust a parent, and 31 percent state they trust representatives of teachers unions.
The trust deficit is clear and the problem is political will rather than ability. Only 29 percent believe politicians are committed to improving the state of education, even though 66 percent think politicians have the power to do so. The overwhelming majority (75 percent) believe that education for both boys and girls is an inviolable right that no one should be permitted to interfere with.
This is perfectly consistent with Article 25-A of the Constitution and a reason for politicians to urgently begin a process of implementing the Pakistani childs constitutional right to education.
The federal government was held responsible by 68 percent of people polled for the state of education in the country; 29 percent thought it was primarily the provincial government that was to blame. Interestingly, conspiracy theory also made its mark, with 3 percent holding foreign elements responsible for the dismal state of education. 65 percent believe that Pakistans economic progress suffered as a result of not spending enough on education.
In perception polling, the party to poll highest in expectations related to it improving access to and quality of education was PML-N with 28 percent approval. PPP followed by 14 percent and PTI 11 percent.
Power cuts with 64 percent was the top priority problem for the people polled, with unemployment registering at 54 percent and corruption and poor quality schools both at 14 percent each. 13 percent of persons listed bad healthcare as top priority, 10 percent crime and violence, 9 percent clean drinking water and 7 percent housing problems.
Record 60pc turnout in polls predicted
Contrary to expectations of the youth vote turnout in 2013, just 51 percent of those aged 18-24 intended to vote while among the 45+ age group, 73 percent were willing to do so.
More than half of those surveyed (58%) do not believe politicians will meet the promises made in their party manifestos, and just 3 percent trust a politician to talk about issues specifically related to education. Here, 45 percent trust a parent, and 31 percent state they trust representatives of teachers unions.
The trust deficit is clear and the problem is political will rather than ability. Only 29 percent believe politicians are committed to improving the state of education, even though 66 percent think politicians have the power to do so. The overwhelming majority (75 percent) believe that education for both boys and girls is an inviolable right that no one should be permitted to interfere with.
This is perfectly consistent with Article 25-A of the Constitution and a reason for politicians to urgently begin a process of implementing the Pakistani childs constitutional right to education.
The federal government was held responsible by 68 percent of people polled for the state of education in the country; 29 percent thought it was primarily the provincial government that was to blame. Interestingly, conspiracy theory also made its mark, with 3 percent holding foreign elements responsible for the dismal state of education. 65 percent believe that Pakistans economic progress suffered as a result of not spending enough on education.
In perception polling, the party to poll highest in expectations related to it improving access to and quality of education was PML-N with 28 percent approval. PPP followed by 14 percent and PTI 11 percent.
Power cuts with 64 percent was the top priority problem for the people polled, with unemployment registering at 54 percent and corruption and poor quality schools both at 14 percent each. 13 percent of persons listed bad healthcare as top priority, 10 percent crime and violence, 9 percent clean drinking water and 7 percent housing problems.
Record 60pc turnout in polls predicted
