What we as parents need to do about education

According to Alif Ailan, an education reform NGO:

1- Half of Pakistan’s population is under the age of 22. 

2- Pakistan’s fortune depends upon these young people and what they can do as adults.

3- They need a world-class education to succeed for themselves and for Pakistan, and yet:

- Fewer than half of Pakistani children ever complete a basic, primary school education, so over half enter adult, working life unable to read and write properly.

- Three out of every four Pakistani children lack basic mathematics skills.

- Pakistan ranks in the bottom eight countries in the world for its education spend.

-While India is spending over 4% of national income on education, Pakistan spends less than half that amount.
 
Pretty gloomy han..? Yes. A state of hopelessness as every year we only see decline in the state of education from school level upto university.

The only hopeful situation is when we hear about individuals who make astonishing progress on their own with the help of their parents and community of supporting people like teachers and mentors.

So what as parent WE can do instead of lamenting the disappointing state of education.

I gave it a thought and looked around and found three steps which I believe will have the triggering effect if we collectively move forward.

1- Pledge for the betterment and join the movement. Here is what I found and thought would share with you mommies and daddies.

    

2- Enroll our kids in programs initiated by professionals which are themselves parents and are bringing change to the society by introducing new and innovative courses, workshops and tours to let the kids explore the exciting new possibilities and have fun at the same time.

3- Initiate our own such program at a smaller level and putting our share of the hope in the youth that is both our responsibility and asset.

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You can check out my Facebook page about Math workshops for parents, teachers and kids here.