About Pakistan, sister Rajia presents us with the complex educational challenge of this great Country with the largest percentage of young people in the world:
“The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a culturally and linguistically diverse large south Asian country bordered by Afghanistan and Iran to north and west, China to the north east, India to the east and Arabian Sea to the south.
This is a Muslim majority country, currently the 6th most populous country with 212 million people.
There are more young people in Pakistan today than at any point in its history and it has world’s largest youth. 64 percent of Pakistani population is under 30ees.
If Pakistan manages to educate and skill this surging youth it can help to elevate the country’s economic growth and modernization.
Pakistan’s education system has evolved substantially from both its Islamic and British historical roots. It has improved greatly in 20th and 21st centuries. In recent years Pakistan has adopted increasingly modern methods of teaching and examination. The country has made all probable efforts to advance its educational system explicitly in past few years.
Regardless of facing plentiful challenges the country has still introduced several initiatives. The government has established a national educational policy to offer an agenda for educational restructurings. There has been intensification in educational funding as well. The government is allocating more assets to improve educational infrastructure and services. Additionally the emphasis has been placed on technical and vocational training to equip students with practical skills and boost employability. The 18th constitutional amendment has developed education to the provinces, allowing for more localized decision making and tailored solutions.
The trend of academies and home tuitions is very common in big as well as in under developed cities. Both government and private sector schools are trying their best to work hand in hand to elevate the literacy rate of our country.
No doubt the Country has made significant progress in improving the literacy rate but the education in Pakistan is complex and multifaceted issue.
Our realities like low enrolment rate, gender disparities, regional disparities, quality of education, Madrasah education, government initiatives given low value and above all very low motivation for study is adding considerably to bring the literacy rate down on daily basis.
Despite education being free and compulsory for children between 6 to 16 years old, Pakistan has 22.7 million children out of the schools.
Girls are most likely to be out of school. The causes of gender disparities are numerous. They include safety concerns, rape of young girls is sadly nor uncommon as well as child marriages. It is sad but most of our schools lack basic facilities, such as electricity, water and sanitation. The teaches are often lacking proper training, leading to poor teaching methods and it causes low student achievement.
Le but de l’éducation est de remplacer un esprit vide par un esprit ouvert !
(Malcolm Forbes)
As we know the purpose of education is to turn the mirrors into windows. It is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work and it is a power to appreciate life.
Nous, les Sœurs de la Charité de Saint Jeanne Antida, faisons de notre mieux pour promouvoir des méthodes d’étude nouvelles et attrayantes.
Nous gérons actuellement deux écoles secondaires (l’une appartient à notre congrégation et l’autre au diocèse).
1. Jeanne Antide Bible High School est située à Shahdara Lahore et est la première mission lancée par nos sœurs au Pakistan. Cette école accueille essentiellement des enfants défavorisés de la communauté voisine. Quatre sœurs y travaillent. Elles s’occupent des questions officielles et académiques. Elles enseignent les langues, l’éducation religieuse et les sciences aux élèves des sections supérieures.
2. Anthony’s high school à Faisalabad est l’autre école gérée par les Sœurs de la Charité. Cette école appartient au diocèse de Faisalabad. Les sœurs y sont engagées à la fois dans l’enseignement et dans le travail officiel. Cette école a été fondée par l’une des communautés chrétiennes pour aider leurs enfants sur le plan éducatif et moral.
Nous, Sœurs de la Charité, qui faisons partie de ce système éducatif en croissance et en lutte, faisons de notre mieux pour orienter les jeunes vers des horizons uniques.
En les orientant vers l’espoir et la fraternité, considérés comme les valeurs fondamentales et les plus nécessaires dans le monde d’aujourd’hui. En leur faisant comprendre que l’éducation est le véritable phare qui transforme le potentiel en pouvoir, en éclairant les esprits, en brisant les barrières et en forgeant un chemin vers un avenir où la connaissance devient la pierre angulaire de la force et du changement.
Que le Tout-Puissant aide tous les éducateurs à accomplir leur tâche au mieux de leurs capacités, et qu’il fasse naître une génération qui valorise l’amour, la générosité et la serviabilité. Amen.
Nous vous souhaitons une Journée de l’éducation 2025 bénie!”
Sœur Rajia
