Discrepancy between the two prevalent education systems in the country

A few decades back the predominant education was the standard Matriculation and the degree HSSC with not even a handful aware of the British Cambridge and Oxford patterned education. However, lately there has been such a rapid trend of adopting the latter
approach that almost all the private and public schools now have focused their attention to offering both the systems in their institution.

As if we are already very clear and level headed that further confusion gets in the way due to these two completely versatile systems of education. One puts forth the notion of analytical thinking and being logical with what is being taught whereas the other
system purely and completely revolves around wrote learning and practically reproducing whatever has been taught before.

The Cambridge system when introduced was comparatively way expensive from the Matriculation that already was being implemented throughout. Nowadays it is still not as manageable as the local education system is but now can be afforded by  a reasonable majority
which was not possible before.

The discrimination between the two starts from a very preliminary stage, right from the school as the social status and class intervenes their mind at a very tender age. Next phase begins when they entre the job market which is already too saturated gets
added with the imbalance of the candidates in regard with the degrees that they are holding.

Of course, the Advance Level and Ordinary Level candidates are usually preferred over those resumes that show Matriculation. The corporate environment requires individuals that can contribute to the company with their own versatility rather than being spoon
fed by the supervisors.

The students who before felt intimidated at school are now fall victim outside the school. This by no means is reflective that only the Matriculation students suffer rather according to me the Advance Level students get to suffer more as their certifications
get equalized by the HEC in case they are unable to continue their studies abroad.

If both the ends are at a loss then who can present the rationale of keeping two such highly diverse educations systems within a country that satisfies none and on top of that wastes time further more. Still only less than a handful who can afford all the
more expensive education abroad only get to taste the sweetness of the fruit that was never available to the rest.

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Posted by Anita Khalid on Oct 29 2011. Filed under Editorial, Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry