Education is the basis of progression and development for every state. There is no shortcut to the path of enlightenment than to go through a standard education system. The foremost thing is that there must a standard education system for all without any discrimination. And it is the formula to equal treatment. Developed countries like American, England, and many others have designed a single curriculum for their people. That is a symbol of unity as well. Whereas, they have manipulated other countries with the implementation of their curriculum. They have standardized their curriculum and imposed it as obligatory over other nations. For instance, the books of Oxford and Cambridge publications seem the fine standard to many of us and like us.
Secondly, this standardization of books is limited to a small mass, not for all. Because of the divisions. There are three kinds of divisions inside Pakistan at the educational level. These divisions are on the basis of affordability. The first division of education is the private system that well-suited the elites. Secondly, the government has designed a system for the middle class. Thirdly the madrassa system is formulated by religious people for the lower class. These divisions are the tools of marginalization and exploitation. Private schools provide quality education but that is not affordable to the masses and very few are able to avail the opportunity. The government system is gain overloaded and unable to enhance quality. And the madrassa students’ minds are confined to survival.
These divisions are a threat to the country’s progression and independence. Because there is a division among people. Though all are the citizen of this country yet all are categorized and associated accordingly. The elite never effort to be compared with the middle or lower. Likewise middle considered themselves as the elite of the lower class. Then how would be there acceptance and tolerance? When your education system is in the backward direction of acceptance and tolerance. When the children are discriminated against on the basis of finance. How and when to end these disparities?
However, Single National Curriculum (SNC) is a good initiative towards inclusivity. As education is the only solution to end disparities. Because education never means to hold pieces of paper as degrees but to learn and earn moral values, code of conduct, and humanity. If a nation learn these three things then there would not be any kind of discrimination and disparities. So SNC can work to end the divisions in the education system. It would be an ideal step to implement a single national curriculum. It can speed up the runs of progress and prosperity of our country. SNC is in its first phase and the room for improvement is always there. There are many things that need improvement and it is a time of positive criticism. Anyhow as a whole, I would call it the best policy to end the disparities.
