By Zubeida Mustafa
Source: Dawn
WHY do we write? Because we want to communicate, says Steven Roger Fischer in his book A History of Writing. Terry Tempest Williams, the American author, puts it differently in WritingCreative Nonfiction, “I write to discover. I write to uncover. I write to meet my ghosts. I write to begin a dialogue.”
Continue reading When does a child write
By Zubeida Mustafa
Source: Dawn
AT a time when the very future of our schools is so bleak, it appears almost crass to write about the need for introducing a school health programme in Pakistan. But, as pointed out by an observer, diseases take a heavier toll than bomb blasts. Hence they should not be ignored.
Continue reading Health cover for schools
By Zubeida Mustafa
Source: Dawn
THINGS are moving on the education front in Pakistan. But not at the grass-roots level. A policy has been put in place at the national level.
A joint task force on education to be headed by noted British educationist Michael Barber has been announced. And no marks for guessing that foreign funding will be flowing in for investment in this sector.
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By Zubeida Mustafa
Source: Dawn
FOR many decades governments in Pakistan considered it a waste of resources to invest in education.
This was such a neglected sector that those aspiring to a ministerial portfolio generally shunned the offer to head the education ministry. Then the scene changed when foreign donors demanded that we educate our children.
Continue reading The road to corruption?
By Zubeida Mustafa
Source: Dawn
THE fate of the National Education Policy (NEP) continues to hang in the balance. A revised draft was to have been taken up by the cabinet in early August but it was not.
Meanwhile, some NGOs working in the education sector and grouped under the umbrella body called the Pakistan Coalition for Education reacted strongly to the new document.
Continue reading The language enigma