Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is the reason the state of education in Pakistan is so bad

[EpiiC]

Dear Brothers, how much more schools and Universities do you guys think Pakistan is need of right now?

 

[Solomon2]

...In the U S---there is a Law called Eminent Domain---the state can get whatever it wants " the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation ".

ED dates back to colonial times. It is most commonly applied for building roads by local elected governments so the citizens most concerned have a great deal of say about the matter. I've seen a number of projects, including interstate highways, axed, re-routed, or indefinitely delayed due to local opposition - and I know of projects where the people concerned were glad to sell their property to the gov't, as there was no prospect of any other buyer.

Land is acquired for dams---malls---housing projects---playing fields and whatever not ---wilfully at first and then thru eminent domain.

The application of ED to non-abandoned properties for commercial purposes is a relatively recent development. I don't like it.

 

[somebozo]

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is the reason the state of education in Pakistan is so bad
By Shakir Lakhani Published: November 11, 2016
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Teachers no longer took their work seriously, knowing that being government employees, they could never be sacked. PHOTO: REUTERS

I recently came across an Urdu newspaper in which the date was stated to be October 32, 2016. Apparently the editor didn’t know that October has only 31 days, and it can’t ever have 32 days, not even if Imran Khan wants it and threatens to lock down the whole world if it is not done. Teachers of English in our schools are not qualified to teach, which is why most Pakistanis routinely add an apostrophe before an “s” even when it is not required.

Education standards have deteriorated drastically. I usually come across such phrases as “his” husband or “her” wife. At such times I wish that the writer would stick to his mother tongueinstead of massacring the English language. One of the aims of a good education is to train students to express themselves (if not in English, at least in their mother language). Unfortunately, that is no longer the case.

It was undoubtedly Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who gave the death blow to quality education in the country. His rampant nationalisation of schools and colleges to provide jobs for his party workers (one of whom became the principal of a school despite not being able to sign his name) ensured that the common man would never be able to provide a decent education for his children. Teachers no longer took their work seriously, knowing that being government employees, they could never be sacked.


A couple of years ago (40 years after the reckless nationalisation of education), I interviewed a graduate of a prestigious business institution of the country. He didn’t even know basic math (including how to calculate percentage increase or decrease in prices). In fact, he could not even do simple addition or subtraction. When I asked him what he would do without a calculator, he said a modern cell phone can also be used as a calculator. I asked him what he’d do if he didn’t have a calculator or a cell phone and needed to do simple calculations like when paying for groceries.

“I’ll ask someone who knows how to do it”, he said.

When I asked him how he was able to get his current job, he smiled and said,

“My father is a senior government officer”.

Way back in 1972, in the first cabinet of Bhutto, the health minister, Sheikh Rasheed, announced that by introducing generic medicines in the country, prices had come down by up to “a 1000%”. And he said this at an international conference outside Pakistan, which made us the laughing stock of the whole world. One foreign reporter asked the minister how prices could be reduced by a 1000%, since a decrease of only 100% in the price of any item would mean that its price would now be zero. I don’t remember how the minister retrieved himself from this awkward situation. Someone should have told him that by reducing the price of something by a 1000%, the pharmacy selling that item would not only have to give it away for free, but would also have to pay Rs900 to the buyer.

So, even before Bhutto nationalised schools and colleges to provide jobs for his party activists, quality education was not available in some government schools (like the one in which Sheikh Rasheed studied and passed his matric exam). I was surprised that Bhutto didn’t replace him (perhaps because he was a senior member of the party and already beyond retirement age).

I, myself, was fortunate to have studied in a missionary school which is famous for having produced a president of the country, a prime minister as well as a provincial governor and chief minister, a senior Indian politician and some army generals (a couple of whom were my classmates). One of my class fellows is a well-known columnist writing for a leading English newspaper of the country.

Teachers were dedicated and strict. The school was run by Dutch Christian priests who spoke to us only in English. They were strict disciplinarians who didn’t hesitate to cane us if we didn’t do our homework. This school was among the two missionary schools in Karachi that were not nationalised, but when I had my son admitted there in 1980 I found that the former teachers had retired and had been replaced by those who were products of nationalised schools and were not as good as ours had been. Nowadays, of course, private schools have sprung up and children of the elite are being trained to get good jobs after they graduate. But even some private school teachers are not as good as the ones we had when we were kids. My teachers were so good that I didn’t need tuition, but most children nowadays need to avail private tuitions to be able to pass. Perhaps it’s because school teachers are not paid more than the minimum wage prescribed by the government.

It will be a long time before things improve, and I doubt it will happen in my lifetime.

 

[U-571]

general ayub made ZA Bhutto and both were racist people and responsible for dividing the country into ethnic and linguistic lines

ayub started barring educated mohajirs from public offices, transfered capital near GHQ and patronised Bhutto who then broke pakistan because of his racism, eliminated remaining mohajirs from public service, stole all mohajir properties and wealth through nationalisation and filled all govt offices with his villager sindhis and strengthened feudal lords of sindh

the curse which is following pakistan since 50 years.

 

[Canuck786]

I am old enough to have seen the transition after ZAB nationalization of schools. He cut funding for so many programs that it changed everything for upcoming generations. Teachers were laid off, physical education programs abandoned and laboratories were left without any supplies etc. etc. That is when all the private schools were opened to fill the void created from destruction of public schooling system by ZAB.

 

[xyxmt]

Mr. Sikandar Lakhani,
I got my education from govt Schools and Colleges and after intermediate from a govt college in Karachi I could write better English than you sir. So, while you intend to give us your expert opinion on cause of state of education I would suggest you put blame for all the ills of Pakistani society on Jinnah since in your opinion whoever starts a process is blamed for the end results even if it after 40 years of his death.

before I go further I would tell you guys that my family including myself never ever voted for PPP but, I would say ZAB had good intentions and he had setup an excellent system of education, hiring qualified teacher and setting up teachers training school every teacher had to go for training for 8 weeks every two years. Throughout my school and college I had excellent teachers....So I give credit to ZAB for setting up an excellent system but those who came after him ruined everything and that is not just education but every other civil institution.

 

[VCheng]

Someone should have told him that by reducing the price of something by a 1000%, the pharmacy selling that item would not only have to give it away for free, but would also have to pay Rs900 to the buyer.

That alone speaks a lot about a moron author complaining about other morons being unedumacated.

(Why Rs 900? Does he know how percentages actually work? )

 

[Canuck786]

Mr. Sikandar Lakhani,
I got my education from govt Schools and Colleges and after intermediate from a govt college in Karachi I could write better English than you sir. So, while you intend to give us your expert opinion on cause of state of education I would suggest you put blame for all the ills of Pakistani society on Jinnah since in your opinion whoever starts a process is blamed for the end results even if it after 40 years of his death.

before I go further I would tell you guys that my family including myself never ever voted for PPP but, I would say ZAB had good intentions and he had setup an excellent system of education, hiring qualified teacher and setting up teachers training school every teacher had to go for training for 8 weeks every two years. Throughout my school and college I had excellent teachers....So I give credit to ZAB for setting up an excellent system but those who came after him ruined everything and that is not just education but every other civil institution.

It is obvious that you don't know what happened to schooling system in Pakistan during the 70's. Its either that or public schooling in Karachi was different from the rest of the country (which is quite possible). ZAB decision to nationalize the schools gave birth to lot of problems that we are facing today. Trust me I have seen it first hand. A lot of families resorted to send their children abroad for education as a result because private schools didn't take over right away either.

 

[Sinnerman108]

It is obvious that you don't know what happened to schooling system in Pakistan during the 70's. Its either that or public schooling in Karachi was different from the rest of the country (which is quite possible). ZAB decision to nationalize the schools gave birth to lot of problems that we are facing today. Trust me I have seen it first hand. A lot of families resorted to send their children abroad for education as a result because private schools didn't take over right away either.

Nationalizing education meant, hiring teachers for Pakki Naukri scheme,

We all know where that road leads to.

That is a plan of Bhuuto's romance with socialism.

Bhutto's nationalization policy halted our progress and threw us back.
It still haunts us, in the form of idiots and nawaz sharif.

 

[Imran Khan]

he is dead since 45 years now

 

[Canuck786]

he is dead since 45 years now

Just goes to show how some of decisions these politicians make can affect the generations to come of a nation. Thanks to Allah we are getting back. At least 30% of our students getting good education thanks to private schools and education abroad. With infrastructure almost in place to kick off for a stronger economy, its about time to reinvigorate our public schooling system. My suggestion would be to first address the existing schools before making announcements for new ones. However, politicians won't get as much credit for fixing the existing schools than they would to open new ones, alas!

 

[somebozo]

Nationalizing education meant, hiring teachers for Pakki Naukri scheme,

We all know where that road leads to.

That is a plan of Bhuuto's romance with socialism.

Bhutto's nationalization policy halted our progress and threw us back.
It still haunts us, in the form of idiots and nawaz sharif.

The offsprings of C.M Latif are still fighting cases of BECO.
None can explain why a perfectly working industrial colgermate churning out useful domestic and export oriented products, earning valuable foreign reserve was destroyed over night and now only thing remains is the land only. Pakistan never saw a rise of another machine tool company like BECO which could earn its name in the export markets.

Bhutto came with a fedual mentality, his vision of citizen needs was limited to bread, shelter and housing. Very much like how waderas keep their enslaved haaris.

he is dead since 45 years now

It takes three generations to recover from the ills of socialism..

That alone speaks a lot about a moron author complaining about other morons being unedumacated.

(Why Rs 900? Does he know how percentages actually work? )

assuming price is 100PKR.
100 - 1000% = 900 PKR Negative balance.

 

[truthseer]

PTI has caused a huge decline in educational standards of KPK

 

[VCheng]

assuming price is 100PKR.
100 - 1000% = 900 PKR Negative balance.

No where is that assumption mentioned. Why not PKR 10 or 1,000? Or it could be in terms of 9 times whatever the price is. Wouldn't that be more appropriate?

 

[RescueRanger]

Blaming a dead guy for 45 years of **** up's... bravo!