The PTI Chief Imran Khan’s View to English medium School

THE PTI CHIEF’S LATEST ATTACK ON ENGLISH-MEDIUM SCHOOLS PROMPTS TROUBLING CONCLUSIONS

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan has once more criticized Pakistan’s education sector, claiming the present system is discriminatory because there are “three different systems of education: an English-medium system for the elite, with Urdu medium and non secular seminaries covering the remainder of the country.” He went on to mention that English-medium schools distance students from “Pakistani culture” and recommended that “education should be imparted within the English only at the upper levels and even then the syllabus should be in line with the culture of Pakistan.”

PTI Chief Imran Khan 

Khan’s opposition to “English-medium” schools is sort of clear. However, he has voiced little criticism of the opposite two systems—presumably because he thinks they don’t need any improvement. consistent with Khan, English-medium schools inculcate an “alien” culture in Pakistan. By implication, the opposite two systems inculcate Pakistani culture. Khan’s exhortations to cause a change within the country’s education sector, therefore, are squarely targeting English-medium schools. Perhaps he would like them to pack up, as he doesn't want them teaching the English language at the first levels because it prevents the inculcation of Pakistani culture. an issue that's almost impossible to answer then arises: what's Pakistani culture?

Based on Khan’s statement, it's clear he would abolish demand-driven, private sector English-medium schools if he were to return into power. rather than reforming the struggling Urdu-medium system, he would find yourself with a two-tiered system built around the Urdu language and Madrassahs . The “single” system he wants would still prove elusive. No single politician has ever been strong enough when in power to stem the increase of the Madrassahs, which are propelled by the ever-thorny issue of ideology.

Will the culture thus developed be Pakistani? The Urdu-medium system currently starts with “compulsory” English from sixth grade. Unsurprisingly, this instruction tends to be of poor quality. Will Khan reform state-sector schools nationwide to make sure they will fulfill the stress of the work market, which increasingly requires proficiency within the English language? Will he ever investigate why India, which also has two educational streams, isn't as bothered about its culture as he is? Or why it's still ready to produce high-quality scholars for the worldwide market from this defective system? Perhaps its time Khan did some homework of his own.