Articles by Faisal Bari
PUNJAB has outsourced some 18,000 primary schools to the private sector, with plans to outsource more schools. The government is also thinking about outsourcing middle and high schools as well as coll...
A STUDENT who recently graduated with a degree in English literature visited me a few weeks back for a discussion on the career paths and choices that were open to her. She enjoyed her undergraduate e...
THE recently revealed QS World Universities Rankings 2027 have become a topic of considerable conversation for Pakistani social and print media. Reports and posts on the subject have mainly pointed ou...
THE budgets for FY26-27 are mostly out and the story they tell is the same as before: they don’t really care about us.
Even when Pakistan has just gone through one of the worst inflationary periods ...
PAKISTAN has one of the highest diabetes prevalence rates in the world. About one in three adults is living with diabetes here — some 33-34 million people. Shouldn’t there be public information ca...
JAVED is enrolled in Grade 6 in a government school in his village. Akhtar, Javed’s father, is wondering whether or not he should pull Javed out of school. Akhtar feels Javed is not learning much at...
SCHOOLING has changed a lot over the last three decades. Teachers engage students more; the curriculum is constantly updated; books and teaching material are more interesting and even interactive; new...
MOST conversations on educational issues in Pakistan, sooner than later, come to the topic of ‘values’ in our society — our young people in particular. People lament that values have changed and...
LITERATURE on teacher impact shows that good teaching provides a significant delta on student learning, compared to average or poor teaching. Simply put, teachers matter and good teaching is important...
IT was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Dec 3. With it came the usual platitudes, speeches and ceremonies. We still have such a long way to go before PWDs can enjoy all the rights...
