| Education plays a pivotal role in the development of | | | | programs to enable a student to face competitive |
| our younger generation to lead a successful life in this | | | | & professional requirements of the job |
| world of global competition. There are many | | | | opportunities in the market. Education does not |
| dimensions of education in the development of | | | | merely mean academic qualification. What we have to |
| human personality. It gives us professional knowledge. | | | | do is to mobilize our people and build up the character |
| It teaches us human skills. It puts our mind on | | | | of our future generations. In this world of global |
| creative thinking. It builds our confidence and | | | | competition, success of a business is dependent upon |
| self-esteem. Now the question is: are the private | | | | the quality of management, which comes through the |
| institutions playing their role for the promotion of | | | | quality of education. |
| education? | | | | The basic role of the educational institutions in the |
| We can see a mushroom of private schools and | | | | private sector is to educate, train and develop the |
| colleges in Lahore but the parents and students are | | | | young generation for the successful leadership roles |
| still in a state of bewilderment which institution to join | | | | in the practical realms of life. It is not just the degree |
| for quality education. First of all, the tuition fee and | | | | from a college, which ensures the highest standards |
| admission charges of leading institutions in private | | | | of excellence & growth. The basic purpose of |
| sector are very high. Secondly, there is no standard | | | | training programs should not be to transmit |
| criteria for getting admission in these renowned | | | | knowledge from books but to impart learning & |
| institutions. Back door techniques are used to get | | | | training to effect changes in behaviours & skills. |
| admission where the merit is lacking for open | | | | The point to note here is whether our educational |
| competition. It is very difficult for a competent | | | | institutions in private sector are providing an |
| student from a middle class family to get admission in | | | | opportunity to explore human capabilities which are |
| leading institutions on merit. | | | | not addressed in main stream education and are they |
| Now, we see the condition in middle class educational | | | | willing to modify their curriculums to meet the |
| institutions. There is no quality of education in the | | | | demands of global competition in the job market. Due |
| so-called average educational institutions. The teaching | | | | to high merit and limited seats in government |
| environment and the faculty is not upto the mark. | | | | institutions, the majority of the students join private |
| The standard of graduate & postgraduate level | | | | educational institutions. So the demand of the day is |
| is so poor that some institutions are even selling their | | | | that private institutions should provide quality |
| transcripts & degrees. The government is taking | | | | education at affordable price to fulfill their social |
| action against these institutions in private sector. The | | | | responsibility. Disintegrated nations can be |
| University of the Punjab and Higher Education | | | | transformed into uncanny force by bringing |
| Commission have set a standard for the operation of | | | | revolutionary changes in their stagnant thinking. We |
| these institutions and award affiliations & | | | | want our younger generation to be flexible, creative |
| charters to only those private institutions who qualify | | | | and assertive enough to make out dreams true |
| the required criteria. Everyday, we see the sign | | | | about a progressive, liberal and strong Pakistan. |
| boards of a school or college removed by the | | | | Education without purpose & direction is a mere |
| concerned authorities but again we see a new | | | | waste of time & resources that results in |
| entrant in the education sector with a very poor | | | | unemployment & frustration. The educational |
| standard of teaching environment and faculty. The | | | | institutions in the private sector should feel their |
| tuition culture is also a black spot on our prevailing | | | | responsibility to provide quality education at |
| educational environment in private institutions. Many | | | | affordable price. All of us do not have equal talents, |
| daytime colleges & schools are converted into | | | | but all of use should have an equal opportunity to |
| tuition centers in the evening. There are some private | | | | develop out talents to have a competitive edge in |
| institutions that have not been awarded charter by | | | | the global market. |
| Higher Education Commission or affiliation with Punjab | | | | The government has its own role to play which |
| University but they are miss-leading or rather | | | | includes monitoring the activities of the educational |
| cheating the students by putting false statements on | | | | institutions in the private sector, encouraging those |
| their signboards and brochures. | | | | institutions which are playing a positive role in |
| The curriculum offered in most of the educational | | | | providing quality education at affordable price and |
| institutes does not fit in the requirements of the job. | | | | taking action against those who are a black spot in |
| Due attention is not given to the professional | | | | the field of education. |