OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS AND LACK OF QUALITY EDUCATION IN KARACHI.
Karachi, Pakistan - July 12, 2010: Male and female teachers conducting classes in Street School run by ARM child and youth welfare in Lyari. All classes run side by side in one of the congested lane of Lyari one of the oldest slum in town.
BY : Sameer abbas,
Szabist Karachi
I am a student, and I want to raise an issue that affects me and many others across the country: the
numerous students who enroll in school and the shrinking quality of education in Pakistan. In Karachi, for
example, such schools as Government Boys Secondary School in Lyari, Khatoon-e-Pakistan Government
Girls School, or GBSS Korangi are the schools where each classroom is crowded with learners and it
becomes difficult for us to concentrate. It becomes really hard for teachers to attend to each child when
there are 60 or more children in one tiny classroom—it becomes almost impossible to learn.
In addition, these schools cannot even afford to have necessary facilities such as a library or laboratory,
and therefore, in the process, we are denied other forms of learning. Being well-equipped is helpful for
us to grasp various knowledge in a more profound way, but when we have no proper facilities, we are
only cramming what we read in the books.
I also wish that the government comprehends how significant this matter is to us as students such as
myself. More schools are required, improved classrooms, and skilled and competent teachers. Tomorrow
we shall be with the kind of education we receive today; how can we improve if there is no
improvement?
