Education System of Pakistan
Introduction
The Education system of Pakistan is the mainstream that determines the future of the state,
society, and culture preservation. Such a sensitive Department cannot have any slightest of
negligence. Our goal here is to thoroughly analyze the Education system of Pakistan and find
its demerits and put them in front so they can be addressed.
Members in Project
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Abdul Hadi ( i22-1646)
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Abdul Sami (i22-1725)
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Ahmad Abdullah(i22-1609)
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Muhammad Dayyan (i22-1624)
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Ahsan Latif (i22-1740)
My Part in the Project
My Part in the project was to analyze the only education system owned by the government of
Pakistan Named “Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education” short form for BISE. I
analyzed our Board’s weaknesses and enlisted the factors that could overcome such
negligence. I also fully analyzed the curriculum, BISE’s teaching, and its demerits.
BISE
BISE stands for Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education. It is the one education
system in Pakistan that acts as a Testing body for students at the Intermediate and school
level. Studying in BISE is matriculation based. BISE governs students until their first twelve
years of education and grants degrees on passing Grade 10 and Grade 12. Although in early
times BISE would also conduct tests in Grades 5 and Grade 8 now it only examines Grades 9,
10, 11, and 12. The year, 11, and 12 are considered college years.
BISE is spread in each province and into major cities of the province. Ever Province has a
decent amount of BISE sites spread.
BISE is also internationally accepted. If someone is to get their education equivalence, there
won’t be any hurdle as all the western and eastern countries recognize BISE as the main
education system in Pakistan.
Number of Boards
BISE Punjab
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BISE Lahore
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BISE Sahiwal
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BISE Multan
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BISE Rawalpindi
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BISE Sargodha
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BISE Gujranwala
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BISE Faisalabad
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BISE DJ Khan
BISE Sindh
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BISE Aga Khan
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BISE Karachi
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BISE Sukkar
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BISE Larkana
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BISE Hyderabad
BISE Balochistan
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BISE Quetta
BISE KPK
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BISE AJK
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BISE Peshawar
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BISE Swat
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BISE Kohat
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BISE Malakand
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BISE Abbottabad
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BISE Bannu
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BISE Mardan
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BISE Dera Ismail Khan
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BISE Zohb and Turbat
History
The first board was established after 7 years of independence in Pakistan in 1954. It was
established in the province of Punjab in its city Lahore named “Board of Intermediate and
Secondary Education Lahore”. Which is also the Head office of BISE Punjab. After the
successful work of Board Lahore other boards were gradually made so that the public could
gain access to education in their home city. Punjab was the first province to gain an education
board after independence.
Curriculum
Grade 1 to 7
The curriculum of Grades 1 to 7 was taught differently at every institute using different
course books as the government didn’t impose any curriculum and private institutes took
advantage of the act. This created hierarchy among institutes and government schools got the
reputation of a poor schools as the syllabus of Govt curriculum was taught more poorly than
others. This problem was expected to be solved when the government imposed a national
curriculum on all schools and grades throughout Pakistan but still wasn’t resolved as the
teaching methods of private schools are way better than the government ones.
Grade 8 to 12
The curriculum of Grade 8 is the building block for any student as it makes the base for
further education and the area of expertise the student wants to enter. Grade 8 contains the
most subjects in all grades as the student must choose his area of interest.
Grades 9 and 10 are now done as Part 1 and Part 2; in the past, they were done together,
which is a good thing observing the difficulty level of the syllabus. This Level of education is
called Matriculation.
Grades 11 and 12 are also separated by a year and called Part 1 and Part 2. This level contains
the base of your education to make you enter the undergraduate level. In these years, students
are expected to plan their higher education field and choose Grades 11 and 12 respectively.
These two years count a lot as these years fill the requirement of the education level required
for higher education.
Problems with the curriculum
Outdated Syllabus
The major problem with our curriculum contains the syllabus. On all levels of education, the
syllabus is too old. The government is not updating any curriculum. This keeps the students
outdated and creates the wrong images for the basic concepts needed in today’s world.
For instance, if we see the computer science subject, the Government is not updating the
syllabus along with the updating tech. Students are still taught how to operate Windows XP
which is out of support while Windows 11 roams out there. Students are taught this same OS
and how to operate from Grades 1 to 8 which is absurd and if Grades 11 and 12 are taught
any coding it’s from a language created ages ago. The syllabus was updated once but it did
not do us any good as the operating system and all the basic concepts were still basic only
“new” items were added that got outdated in no time.
If we look at biology, there aren’t any new findings enlisted only the old ones and the book
isn’t even reviewed once every year it gets revised. This is a similar case to all other subjects.
Repetitive syllabus
The curriculum is being repeated at different levels which should be fine if it’s just a review
but that’s not the case here the same stuff is being taught again on another level which
shouldn’t be the case. Either teach the students the ascending syllabus or don’t teach the
previous one again.
Take an example of Computer science or Mathematics which teaches students some basics in
grade 9 and then the same basics are being taught in grade 10. This shouldn’t be the case,
there should only be a review and then move on.
Bad categorization by BISE
BISE is creating different combinations of subjects at inter level that are getting students
nowhere. Mainly the Board isn’t in contact with any university and isn’t getting in note the
basic subjects needed to enter a certain and is just creating combinations blindly that get
students rejected from university.
Faulty Paper checking
Irregular paper checking has started to appear in BISE students are getting 1150 out of 1100.
This is very unprofessional and is questioning the reliability of the checkers checking papers.
Students are not getting the marks they deserve due to the cause that people are marked based
on faulty standards such as handwriting or paper length.
Practical examination crisis
It’s a very big issue and we have personally experienced it. Students get their practical marks
by showing a reference to a powerful personality while the ones who lack such contacts
suffer. This isn’t the case nowadays; some testing centers provide the solution of the practical
at the time of the exam being conducted which is violating the policies and is very unethical.
Paper Misconduct
The paper on some boards gets leaked before the exam which is unacceptable. Some boards
such as Sindh have incidents of students carrying the cheat sheets and having the teachers
acknowledge and not do anything about it.
Proper co-ordination with HEC
BISE should check the subject requirement of HEC and then divide the subject groups rather
than blindly giving a combination that leads the students nowhere. This will lead to proper
counseling of subject specialization as well.
Scheme System
Board gives a scheme of papers every year and even if it decides not to it gets leaked by the
board officials. This scheme consists of the exam pattern that what question comprises what
chapter. This isn’t healthy at all as it promotes leaving many chapters and just studying the
required to pass which negates the purpose of the study.
No Concept Based Testing
There isn’t any concept-based testing in Board exams, the same questions appear on the
board which isn’t good as this way the concepts of students won’t be checked. Although the
Cambridge system has started integrating now but still, we are far from conceptual exams
Cramming
Teachers are not teaching students the concepts instead the subjects are just being crammed
by the students. There is this race of numbers that students and institutions are after, and they
just make the students memorize so that they might get a good reputation they don’t care
about the student’s concepts. Such cramming leads to failure in making a base of basic
concepts and trouble in the future.