Abstract
There is a great deal of interest in Washington’s official, political, religious and academic circles in the subject of reforming Pakistan’s educational system. Washington seems to be in a state of obsession about the education system in Pakistan. The 9/11 Commission, whose final report has become a fixture on the bestseller lists, has highlighted the links between international terrorism and Pakistan’s religious seminaries, or madaris, and recommended that the United States support Pakistani efforts to improve the quality of the education it offers to its succeeding generations. For they apprehend that a reference to Islam is feeding their passions and enlivening their spirit for Jihad and preparing them to lay down their lives for the cause of God. The American government, with the U.S. Agency for International Development as the lead agency, plans to spend tens of millions of dollars this year alone on primary education and literacy programs in Pakistan. Extremism, terrorism and fundamentalism of this kind, is what they wish to “reform” and to cultivate instead “moderate”, “enlightened” and “progressive” minds. But for Muslim, the answer is quite straightforward and simple, that is, if they think that they are distinct & sovereign nation, they should reject all such moves & evolve our own educational system catering to their national dreams & aspirations. If, on the other hand, they have bartered away their sovereignty for slavery, then they don’t have much of a choice, for slaves are supposed to submit, not to think or act on their own!
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saleem,. (2007) REMAKING OF EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN: A Critique Of Aga Khan University Education Board , The Dialogue, Volume 2, Issue 1.
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