Corona, education and the tsunami of numbers!
The impact of Cowed 19, or more commonly "Corona" on various sectors of the country, has never been assessed with complete and comprehensive statistics. We do not even have a complete estimate of how many people fell victim to this insidious disease, how many passed away and how many recovered. How old were those who passed away? To what extent did this epidemic affect national life? How much did unemployment rise? What changes have taken place in people's thinking and behavior? How were domestic lives affected? What a devastating effect on the economy. Now, foreign experts are telling people who recover from corona can have lifelong problems. Nobody cares about us. There is hardly a complete record in the country of how many people have apparently recovered and gone home but are suffering from various diseases.
I belong to the Department of Education. I feel that this epidemic has done the most harmful and perhaps irreparable damage to the education sector. Education is not a factory that is temporarily closed and will be reopened after a while. It is not an airline that will bear the brunt of the losses, but as soon as the situation improves, it will start operating and then cover its losses by raising fares. Education is not a restaurant that closed due to Cowwood's restrictions and reopened after a while. Education is about students. Whether they are in primary school or in universities or vocational colleges. This is our future. Their status is not that of workers, laborers or workers who have lost their jobs temporarily. Undoubtedly, those who will suffer severe financial difficulties and problems, but as soon as the situation returns to normal, they will get hard labor. Prolonged closure of schools, colleges and universities not only deprived students of formal education, disrupted their academic continuity, or they dropped out of the learning environment and changed their interests, but also their academic There was also a lot of negative impact on talent and ability. A new experience of "online" classes has begun, but it was nothing more than self-deception. Neither the teachers nor the students knew anything about it. Millions did not even have technical facilities. This experience may have been partially effective as far as higher education is concerned, but millions of children studying in rural and remote areas have not been able to take advantage of this deception. Damaged, it will be difficult to compensate.
Now let's turn to the sad but ridiculous aspect that has come to light in the form of matriculation results by various examination boards. Just take a look at the results of the Lahore Board of Secondary and Intermediate Education. It has been reported that 292836 students participated in the examination out of which 288617 passed. This rate is 98.56%. Don't think that the other one and a half percent failed. These are the ones who were issued roll numbers but for some reason did not participate in the examination. Successful students scored more than 90%. 206349 students participated in the science group. 204124 succeeded. All scores are over 95%. There are more than 700 children who scored 100% out of 1100 out of 1100 marks. This is a world record, not just Pakistan. The success rate in Bahawalpur Board was 99.06%, in Gujranwala 99.02%, in Sahiwal 99.23% and in Dera Ghazi Khan 99.35%. Don't think that anyone has failed. The one who sat for the exam passed, and he too got more than 90% marks. Fail those who did not sit the test. Now the Lahore Board has announced that a special examination is being arranged in December for the students who for some reason did not sit for the examination and lost the "honor" of 90% marks so that they too can achieve excellent results. To be able to, The board also said that if a student is not satisfied with his marks, he too can sit for the examination and get the honor of 1100 marks.
Apart from Punjab, the situation is similar in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where a tsunami of numbers has hit. The total number of those who get 100 percent marks will be in thousands. In one report, a child in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa scored 1150 out of 1100 marks. These results and a plethora of numbers have brought all children to almost the same level. What a hard worker, what a sluggish, what a work thief, what an intelligent, what a dull mind, what a worthy, what an incompetent, what a citizen, what a villager, what a poor man, what a rich man. In this regard, the government of the day has established excellent equality. But in reality and seriously, we have embarrassed an entire generation. Now there are admissions in colleges. Some have gone into pre-medical, some into pre-engineering and some into the arts. In the past, children's scores were based on written tests for all subjects. Hardly anyone has ever reached the 100 percent standard. Now the number is beyond counting and hardly anyone less than 90% is found. Admissions to such colleges will also not be standardized, and this trend will continue after two years, until enrollment in professional colleges.
Believe it! We have recklessly and recklessly dealt such a severe and profound blow to the educational future of our new generation that its effects will be felt for many years to come. Losses in all areas of life may be remedied. But the damage done to the educational process will never be compensated.
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