Private Institutions, Shopping Malls of Education

Private Institutions, Shopping Malls of Education

By Ghulam Mustafa Shah

Now days, education has become one of the fastest growing business in the world. The educational institutions of public sector are collapsing while the private sector has made it a sellable commodity and earn unimaginable profits in the name of quality education.

It's been 64 years and we Pakistanis are still deprived of the basic amenities of life. Education plays a vital role in progress of any country.

It is education that has changed the fate of many countries and they have secured progressive positions in the race of global developments.

It does not mean that the people of such countries were aliens or they possessed some extra-ordinary intelligence or talent, but they focused upon their education. They utilized the talents of their people and produced professional expertise in every walk of life like politics, arts, medical, architecture, science etc.

Unfortunately, the education standard in our country could not be raised up to that level which could produce such professional specialists who can cope up with the swift pace of the era.

Our public sector educational institutions have failed to provide quality education. They are doomed in the darkness of corruption from primary to university level.

Where as, the breeding private sector educational institutions are just like a shopping mall, which offer degrees of different quality brands and those who can afford, they purchase those degrees.

The motive of such institutions should be promotion of education, but unfortunately, its not. Such people have tagged education as the best profitable business.

They earn huge amounts in the name of costly fee structures, stationary shops and canteens inside the campuses of schools, colleges and universities.

If we analyze the standard of education and social environment of these institutions, we come to know that these are similar to western culture in context of attitude and students behavior, but not in education.

They are eager to follow west by all regards, except standard of education. Perhaps it raises a question here that do they even know what education is?

Martin Luther king says: "Intelligence and attitude are the true Goals of

Education", but it is very sad to see that pupils of private educational institutions are unaware of positive attitudes.

They lack the basic morals of our society like respecting parents, teachers, elders and showing affection to younger.

On the contrary, if you observe illiterate and uneducated people of rural areas, you will be amazed to see that they posses good character and solid behavior.

They are much better then those so called literate and educated people of private educational institutions. At least they know the fundamental morals and rituals of mankind.

If education of private sector turns a man to a misbehaving person then it is better to lead an ignorant life.

Such education sector which is a threat to our moral values must be dealt with positive and constructive approach, so that we may be able to convert that system into real

education breeding industry.

The government should take measures to improve the educational as well as moral standards of both private and public sector educational institutions.

It is the responsibility of every member of a society to think about education and its system. If today we would continue living in slumber of ignorance then our tomorrow would be a path of darkness for coming generations. -- Weekly Roshni

Revival of Pakistani Dramas

Revival of Pakistani Dramas

By Ghulam Mustafa Shah

Now days, Pakistani drama has given a setback to the dramas of Star plus. With powerful script, limited episodes, soulful stories and the efforts of drama makers, Pakistani drama has once again reached at the peaks of glory.

This credit goes to the story writers who focused many issues of society and these stories touch the heart of many people all over the country.

In the very early days of television in Pakistan, there was only one TV channel, Pakistan Television Network (PTV) which telecasted many popular dramas like Dhuwan, Dhoop Kinaray, Zeest etc.

City and village markets used to get empty when these dramas were telecasted because these dramas were purely based on fine stories with powerful script and no glamour was shown in these dramas. Such popularity leads them to achieve many awards at national as well as international level. This was the glorious period of Pakistani drama.

After 2003, our drama copied the culture of Star plus and our drama badly lost their original position.

But few years back, most of Pakistani people especially females were crazy about star plus drama and they adopted the whole culture of star plus in their personal lives. Their living styles also became much like Indian culture which is not acceptable in our society.

Consequently, the Pakistani drama makers were compelled to make such drama, which projected Indian culture.

These dramas badly affected every aspect of our life and created various problems in our families so it bored audience of watching these endless dramas.

Soon drama makers and audience realized that such kind of dramas violates our culture and cross values of our society.

After Mumbai attacks, India started a media war against Pakistan. Even our stars which were performing there were treated hatefully which caused a wave of hatred in the minds of Pakistani public. Thus this event also changed the media policies even in drama making.

Pakistani drama makers realized that our drama should be free of Indian cultural elements which are not acceptable in our society so they started the old way of drama making which was based upon limited episodes and fine stories with powerful scripts.

Many old and new writers again wrote new stories of our modern society. They criticized and focused over different social issues. Among those dramas Meri An Suni Kahani of Hum TV and Meri Zaat Zara-e- Benishan of GEO TV were very much popular.

Now days, Pakistani youth, especially girls gossip about the social issues of our own society instead of discussing Saas bhi kabhi Bahu thi and Kum kum.

Private media channels like GEO, ARY Digital, HUM TV, TVONE etc are making good serials which include our own cultural elements rather than Indian culture. Because of these changes Pakistani people appreciate these dramas very much.

Same glory of Pakistani drama is being revived and now many popular dramas are being telecasted. Those dramas have earned soul popularity among audience at national and international level. Weekly Roshni