Emphasizing the need for an equal system of education, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood has said the government was working on introducing a uniform education system across the country. He said this while chairing a 53rd meeting of Governing Body of Iqbal Academy Pakistan (IAP) here at Aiwan-e-Iqbal Saturday.
"We are also analyzing the content of the uniform education curricula to be introduced across Pakistan," he said, adding: "There should be five to six co-subjects which should be taught in all educational institutions and its certification should be mandatory for all."
Shafqat said the government was focused on introducing an equal system of education so as to enable the students of the government's educational institutions and of 'madrassahs' to avail jobs and other opportunities. He said the government was also reviewing the existing educational curricula as it had been observed that students of English medium educational institutions, by and large, managed to grab most of the employment opportunities and excelled in competition examinations like CSS etc.
He assured that the IAP would be taken on board in the formulation of the new and comprehensive curricula. He also stressed the need for presenting the teachings/message of Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal in a more effective manner so as to increase students' interest in this regard. Iqbal Society should be established in schools and colleges as well. He suggested the IAP to keep its website up-to-date about Iqbal's poetry and philosophy because it would provide an authentic platform to those who wanted to read Iqbal or conduct research on 'Iqbaliyat.'
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