(January 2, 2010 at 6:47 am)Saerules Wrote: I don't think i suggested any knowledge regarding the schooling of girls in Pakistan... I rather thought I asked "what's it like?"In case you misunderstood what i meant: do you find it to be a full education? What is the most common teaching method? Are the schools segregated over an arbitrary state or several (or none)? Just questions of the schooling within Pakistan, because as noted by my bold above: I perhaps mistook my assumption that all islamic states did not allow women reasonable rights to schooling in disregarding that all differences between the educable capacity of women and men are entirely arbitrary to the subject at hand (and in fact many, if not most, capacities)
Pakistan is generally not that literate. Pakistanis in the age group 55–64, had a literacy rate of almost 30%, those aged between 45–54 had a literacy rate of nearly 40%, whilst those between 25–34 had a literacy rate of 50%, whereas, amongst those between 15–24, more than 60% were literates. As you can see, with every passing generation, the literacy rate in Pakistan is rising by around 10%. Despite huge educational expenditures and budgets allocated by the Governments, the double standards are still there. This has been one of the reasons that the true talent never gets an opportunity to prove them. The discrepancy between rural and urban areas is even more marked. In rural areas people don’t allow girls to study more than 10th class and gets them married. The main cause is not religion but it’s more due to their own illiteracy.
It’s not that Pakistan doesn’t allow women to achieve high education it’s just that parents want their girls to get married when they are done with graduation (of course in urban areas). Now all this credit goes to islam as it has declared men to be responsible for financially responsible for family. So girls are not much allowed to do jobs. But now this system is changing as everyone must do internship as it’s a requirement for completion of graduation degree. Now girls are also doing jobs but it all depends upon how broad minded ones parents are.
I don’t understand you; don’t you love the place where you get born?? I know there are huge problems with Pakistan, our lives are at constant stake, no freedom of speech, no rights but it’s due to our weak political system and lack of knowledge. A child loves his mother even if she is physically ill. He is supposed to take care of her not just run away from her. I have my hopes up for the future of Pakistan.
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"
