Uniform System of Education for Pakistan: A Thematic Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.55737/rl.2025.41078Keywords:
Education, Modification, Policies and Reforms, Global Environment, Socioeconomic BackgroundAbstract
Education is a channel for modifying society to suit the changing scenario and facilitate human beings' adjustment at the individual, local, national, and international levels. As a developing country, Pakistan has introduced various reforms in the education sector, but evident gaps in fulfilling the minimum quality standards still remain. Furthermore, the COVID-19 scenario served as a challenging global alarm for significant changes, specifically in education. Thus, the demand for relevant quality education is alarming today. This study has been conducted to analyze various education policies and reforms in Pakistan since 1947, to describe the opportunities and challenges of educational reforms in the country, and to explore the current reforms aimed at establishing a uniform education system. Therefore, the researcher studied all the educational policies regarding their allocation procedure for human and financial resources. This research also examines the functioning of such reforms, taking into account Pakistan’s socio-economic context. This literature-based study consulted the available literature on educational policies and reforms in Pakistan. Three-stage thematic methods were applied for this purpose.
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