tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post2538644868746219971..comments2024-03-27T15:36:44.737-07:00Comments on Haq's Musings: Pakistan Ahead of India in Graduation Rates at All LevelsRiaz Haqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-74825061323174434712021-09-15T10:35:30.666-07:002021-09-15T10:35:30.666-07:00Project OoSC Launched To Empower India’s 17.8 Mill...Project OoSC Launched To Empower India’s 17.8 Million Out Of School Children, The Highest Total Number Of Children Out Of School In South Asia<br /><br />https://indiaeducationdiary.in/project-oosc-launched-empower-indias-17-8-million-school-children-highest-total-number-children-school-south-asia/<br /><br />Gorakhpur: Gorakhpur local and the multi-award-wining, international educationalist Amreesh Chandra, has announced the launch of Project OoSC (Out of School Children), a breakthrough initiative with a mission to enrol, educate and empower 127 million children out of school in the Commonwealth nations with a special focus on India’s 17.8 million Out of School Children between in ages 5-13 years, the highest number amongst other South Asian countries.<br /><br />The project will establish 50 container schools across four states in India in its very first year, with the first container school is being established in the Gorakhpur District of Uttar Pradesh. Gorakhpur will soon see the light of the day as the work on the development of the container school has already begun with the laying down of the foundation stone to commence proposed construction. The container school upon its establishment will benefit hundreds of children in the village who had to discontinue their education for lack of resources and other infrastructural constraints.<br /><br />The project that is based on the premise that “education is a basic right” goes a step further to ensure education through investing in better infrastructure and resources, such as the use of shipping container classrooms. Thanks to swift assembly and the ability to transport easily, Project OoSC’s use of shipping container classrooms helps to install infrastructure for education and enables more children to attend school. In addition, the project will help to ensure high standards of training to educators to enable the spread of quality education and to spark a literacy movement in remote communities across the commonwealth.<br /><br />Project OoSC lays a strong emphasis on training teachers to ensure quality instruction in the classroom. Another broad objective of the project is to start a literacy movement amongst communities that are widely ignored. This will be achieved by way of establishing container literacy homes or libraries inspiring young people learn more through providing access to reading material. The project is strongly banking on community participation for its success and the enthusiasm of the people during the launch of the first container school bears a testimony to the potential benefits that it will generate for people in the region.Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-57661384073283445202021-09-06T10:00:28.936-07:002021-09-06T10:00:28.936-07:00Only 4.5% Population in India is Graduate or Above...Only 4.5% Population in India is Graduate or Above: Census<br /><br />https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/only-4-5-population-in-india-is-graduate-or-above-census-1240996<br /><br /><br />Only 4.5 per cent of the population in the country is educated up to the level of graduate or above while a majority of 32.6 per cent population is not even educated up to the primary school level.<br /><br />According to the census data for 2011 on literacy, workers and educational levels, released by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, literate population who are presently attending any educational institution in the country, below primary occupies the major share of 32.6 per cent.<br /><br />It was followed by primary (25.2 per cent), middle (15.7 per cent), matric (11.1 per cent), higher secondary (8.6 per cent) and Graduate and above (4.5 per cent).<br /><br />During the decade 2001-11, improvement is observed at middle and above educational levels and decline in percentage share at lower levels (below-primary and primary).<br /><br />The improvements at higher educational levels are indication of educational advancement in the country during the decade 2001-11.<br /><br />The data on workers by five categories of literates namely literate but below matric/secondary, matric/secondary but below graduate, technical diploma or certificate not equal to degree, graduate and above other than technical degree and technical degree or diploma equal to degree or post-graduate degree have also been released.<br /><br />The data that distributes the population, main workers, marginal workers, non-workers, marginal and non-workers seeking/available for work by literacy status and educational levels separately for total, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes population is also released.<br /><br />The data reveals that during the decade 2001-2011, there is an overall improvement in literacy status and educational levels of various types of workers and non-workers among total and SC/ST population.<br /><br />Census 2011 has further exhibited that out of about 55.5 million Marginal workers seeking/available for work in India, the majority of 21.9 million (39.4 per cent) are illiterates followed by 20.9 million (37.6 per cent) literates but below matric/secondary and 8.0 million (14.5 per cent) matric/secondary but below graduate.<br /><br />Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-48940227249175720372016-09-08T11:19:18.476-07:002016-09-08T11:19:18.476-07:00Hi riaz,
This is in referenc to your comments-
So ...Hi riaz,<br />This is in referenc to your comments-<br />So you think that preparing code coolies to serve the West is the primary purpose of education in India? <br /><br />How about preparing people to solve your own dire problems of hunger, poverty, illiteracy, disease, lack of sanitation, etc?<br /><br />I feel sorry for you!<br /><br />Would you mind telling me how many patents are filed by your country Pakistan? How many top research papers get published in top notch journals?how many science and engineering university in top 100? Perhaps you forgot that the company you claim to worked at regularly visits my college IITM for placement opening in research profile. Oh and btw how many R&D centres are there in oak?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08183667766992534348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-28661353191121435672015-07-24T08:30:38.257-07:002015-07-24T08:30:38.257-07:00There are over 3 million students enrolled in grad...There are over 3 million students enrolled in grades 13 through 16 in Pakistan's 1,086 degree colleges and 161 universities, according to Pakistan Higher Education Commission report for 2013-14. The 3 million enrollment is 15% of the 20 million Pakistanis in the eligible age group of 18-24 years. In addition, there are over 255,000 Pakistanis enrolled in vocational training schools, according to Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA).<br /><br /><br />Pakistani universities have been producing over half a million graduates every year since 2010, according to HEC data. The number of university graduates in Pakistan increased from 380,773 in 2005-6 to 493,993 in 2008-09. This figure is growing with rising enrollment and contributing to Pakistan's growing human capital.<br /><br />http://www.riazhaq.com/2015/07/pakistans-rising-college-enrollment-and.htmlRiaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-30432998271551019482015-07-23T09:22:43.138-07:002015-07-23T09:22:43.138-07:00Pakistan is facing a shortage of manpower in techn...Pakistan is facing a shortage of manpower in technical and vocational education as only 255,636 students are enrolled in 3,125 different vocational education and training institutes’ set-up across the country. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) report, Pakistan presently had 64 technicians per one million population, while the same figure for the technically advanced countries was in the range of 1,500 to 2,500.<br /><br />http://www.hedfpk.com/blog/posts/vocational-education-and-training-for-pakistan-students/ <br />Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-89092545079110312102015-07-23T09:22:20.704-07:002015-07-23T09:22:20.704-07:00The latest presently available enrollment statisti...The latest presently available enrollment statistics are for 2004-2005. They amount to 534,000 or 2.5% of the eligible age group. If affiliated colleges are included, the number of students the higher education sectors increases to<br />807,000 which is about 3.8% of the eligible age group.<br /><br /><br />http://eacpe.org/content/uploads/2014/02/Essay-On-Pakistan-Higher-Education.pdf <br />Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-46900462804930227892015-07-17T17:22:32.129-07:002015-07-17T17:22:32.129-07:00ISLAMABAD: While briefing the National Assembly St...ISLAMABAD: While briefing the National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training, this Monday, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairperson Dr Mukhtar Ahmed said that although Pakistan may not have the best educational institutes in the world, the local educational institutions are continuously improving in rankings.<br /><br />The commission, he said, has been constantly trying to improve the quality of education in the country.<br /><br />Dr Ahmed said that there were two types of rankings of educational institutions. In the global rankings, National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has been ranked among the top 500 universities of the world.<br /><br />In the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) university rankings for Asia, Pakistan is improving steadily.<br /><br />Pakistani universities in Asia top 300<br />Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) - ranked 106<br />Aga Khan University - ranked 116<br />Quaid-i-azam University - ranked 123<br />National University of Sciences And Technology (NUST) Islamabad - ranked 129<br />Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) - ranked 181-190<br />COMSATS Institute of Information Technology - ranked 201-250<br />University of Karachi - ranked 201-250<br />University of the Punjab - ranked 201-250<br />University of Agriculture, Faisalabad - ranked 251-300<br />University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore - ranked 251-300<br />In 2014, ten Pakistani institutes have been included in the list of top 300 Asian universities<br />“In 2011, there were four Pakistani universities in the list of top 300 Asian universities. In 2013, that number rose to six and the 2014 rankings show that 10 Pakistani universities are among top 300 Asian universities,” he said.<br /><br />Dr Mukhtar further said that the finance ministry had made a routine of delaying release of funds to the HEC. Pakistani students, who have been studying abroad, have been suffering because of the HEC as they fail to clear the dues in a timely manner.<br /><br />It is important to note that after the establishment of HEC in 2002, it was decided that Pakistani students will be sent to foreign countries to get higher education on government’s expense.<br /><br />Hundreds of students were sent every year, to some of the best universities in the world. So far, as many has 7,531 overseas scholarships have been offered for MS and PhD studies, out of which 3,862 students have completed their studies.<br /><br />HEC ensures that upon their return they find a good environment for research work and jobs.<br /><br />http://www.dawn.com/news/1119344Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-35322923813799486782015-07-17T17:19:29.237-07:002015-07-17T17:19:29.237-07:00From Higher Education Commission of Pakistan:
To...From Higher Education Commission of Pakistan:<br /><br /><br />Total graduates at universities (including affiliated and Private/External students) were 380,773, 360,807,448,988 and 493,993 during the years 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09.<br /><br />http://www.hec.gov.pk/insidehec/divisions/qali/others/pages/graduatedata.aspxRiaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-64672854457910632412015-06-21T08:01:54.349-07:002015-06-21T08:01:54.349-07:00India College and University Education Stats:
Ke...India College and University Education Stats:<br /><br /><br />Key Results of the AISHE 2011‐12 (Provisional)<br /> Survey covers entire Higher Education Institutions in the country. Institutions<br />are categorised in 3 broad Categories; University, College and Stand‐Alone<br />Institutions. Lists of 642 Universities, 34908 colleges and 11356 Stand Alone<br />Institutions have been prepared during the survey.<br /> In addition to the actual response received during AISHE 2011‐12, data has<br />been pooled from the AISHE 2010‐11 for the Institutions whose name existed<br />in 2011‐12 but has not submitted data so far. Thus the results are based on 601<br />Universities, 21158 Colleges and 6702 Stand Alone Institutions. Out of 601<br />universities, 238 are affiliating.<br /> Whole survey was conducted through online mode for which a dedicated<br />portal (http://aishe.gov.in) has been developed. The e‐version of DCF expands<br />according to the structure/size of the Institution. No investigator is sent to the<br />Institution to collect the data. One unique feature is that the filled in DCFs are<br />always available on the portal, which can be seen by the Institutions and<br />higher level authorities.<br /> There are 83 Technical, 33 Agriculture, 24 Medical, 17 law and 10 Veterinary<br />Universities.<br /> The top 6 States in terms of highest number of colleges in India are Uttar<br />Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Tamil<br />Nadu.<br /> Bangalore district tops in terms of number of colleges with 924 colleges<br />followed by Jaipur with 544 colleges. Top 50 districts have about 36% of<br />colleges.<br /> College density, i.e. the number of colleges per lakh eligible population<br />(population in the age‐group 18‐23 years) varies from 6 in Bihar to 64 in<br />Puducherry as compared to All India average of 25. <br /> 73% Colleges are privately managed; 58% Private‐unaided and 15% Private‐<br />aided. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, both have more than 85% Private‐<br />unaided colleges, whereas, Bihar has only 6% and Assam 10% Private‐<br />unaided colleges.<br /> Total enrolment in higher education has been estimated to be 28.56 million<br />with 15.87 million boys and 12.69 million girls. Girls constitute 44.4% of the<br />total enrolment. <br /><br />http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/statistics/AISHE2011-12P_1.pdfRiaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-72772125944488044522015-06-20T22:08:39.731-07:002015-06-20T22:08:39.731-07:00Pakistan Population 196,174,380 (July 2014 est.)
...Pakistan Population 196,174,380 (July 2014 est.)<br /><br /><br />Age structure 0-14 years: 33.3% (male 33,595,949/female 31,797,766) <br />15-24 years: 21.5% (male 21,803,617/female 20,463,184) <br />25-54 years: 35.7% (male 36,390,119/female 33,632,395) <br />55-64 years: 5.1% (male 5,008,681/female 5,041,434) <br />65 years and over: 4.3% (male 3,951,190/female 4,490,045) (2014 est.)<br /><br /><br />http://www.indexmundi.com/pakistan/demographics_profile.htmlRiaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-50735139224067087692013-09-09T22:42:21.492-07:002013-09-09T22:42:21.492-07:00Here's Daily Times on Literacy Day in Pakistan...Here's <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5C09%5C10%5Cstory_10-9-2013_pg11_8" rel="nofollow">Daily Times</a> on Literacy Day in Pakistan:<br /><br /><i>UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova has said the primary school survival rate is 70 percent in Pakistan, while a gender gap still exists.<br /><br />She said the survival rate for girls in primary schools was 68 percent compared to 71 percent for boys. <br /><br />She made these points in her message on the International Literacy Day.<br /><br />She said Punjab, primary school survival rate today was better with 76 percent, but not without a gender gap of 8 percent with the girls’ survival rate at 72 percent compared to 80 percent for boys.<br /><br />She pointed out the better average per student spending in primary level (ages 5 to 9) in Punjab, which was Rs 6,998 compared to the national average.<br /><br />She said in Balochistan, although almost the same amount of money, Rs 6,985, was being spent, but the primary school survival rate was only 53 percent. The girls’ survival rate was slightly better with 54 percent than that of boys, which was 52 percent, she added.<br /><br />She said in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the primary school survival rate was 67 percent, which was lower than the national average of 70 percent. She added that the gender gap also existed with girls’ survival rate at 65 percent compared to 68 percent for boys.<br /><br />She mentioned that per student education expenditure in primary level (ages 5 to 9) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was Rs 8,638.<br /><br />Islamabad UNESCO Director Dr Kozue Kay Nagata drew on the point made by Irina Bokova and highlighted its relevance in Pakistan’s context.<br /><br />Referring to a recent national survey carried out by the Education Ministry, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education, Dr Nagata pointed out that in Sindh, the primary school survival rate was 63 percent. She said the girls’ survival rate was 67 percent compared to 60 percent for boys. Per student education expenditure in primary level (ages 5 to 9) in Sindh was Rs 5,019.<br /><br />“Literacy is much more than an educational priority – it is the ultimate investment in the future and the first step towards all the new forms of literacy required in the 21st century. We wish to see a century where every child is able to read and to use this skill to gain autonomy.” <br /><br />Like every year, the UNESCO supported the relevant federal and provincial governments and NGOs working for the promotion of literacy, to organise meaningful events in their respective constituencies to mark this year’s International Literacy Day. <br /><br />A total of 21 events (two seminars in Karachi, three in Lahore, two in Quetta, two in Peshawar, one literacy walk each in Islamabad and Peshawar, one seminar each in Sialkot, Muzaffergarh, Rahim Yar Khan, Multan and Hafizabad and one seminar each in five districts of Balochistan, Pishin, Ziarat, Nushki and Qilla Saifullah, were being organised by relevant stakeholders with the UNESCO’s support.<br /><br />These events include advocacy campaigns on LED digital screens (electronic hording boards) in Islamabad, literacy walks, seminars, speeches and art competitions, and seminars of teachers’ associations.<br /><br />About nine events were being organised in the rural communities to mobilise the communities to send their children to schools.<br /><br />Dr Nagata underscored: “Illiteracy in Pakistan has fallen over the last two decades, thanks to the government and people of Pakistan for their efforts in working towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Today, 70 percent of Pakistani youth can read and write. In 20 years, illiteracy has been reduced significantly.”<br /><br />However, she also emphasised the need to do more to improve the literacy rate in the country and said: “The proportion of population in Pakistan lacking basic reading and writing skills is too high. This is a serious obstacle in the development of the society”</i><br /><br />http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5C09%5C10%5Cstory_10-9-2013_pg11_8Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-91307040022960485892013-07-28T19:23:40.589-07:002013-07-28T19:23:40.589-07:00The latest 2012 IQ data published by Richard Lynn ...The latest 2012 IQ data published by Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen puts mean IQ of Pakistanis at 84 and of Indians at 82.2, and Bangladeshis at 81. <br /><br />Each country has big std deviations and large positive outliers. <br /><br />The highest IQs are reported for East Asia (100+) and the lowest in sub-Saharan Africa (just over 70). <br /><br />https://lesacreduprintemps19.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/intelligence-a-unifying-construct-for-the-social-sciences-richard-lynn-and-tatu-vanhanen.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-85790801029463282232013-06-24T17:34:18.682-07:002013-06-24T17:34:18.682-07:00Here's a Nation report on Pakistan's risin...Here's a <a href="http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/islamabad/24-Jun-2013/pakistan-becomes-major-player-in-world-research" rel="nofollow">Nation report</a> on Pakistan's rising research publications in international journals:<br /><br /><i>Pakistan has witnessed, an impressive 50 per cent increase in the number of research publications during just the last two years, going up from 3939 to 6200 in the higher education sector of Pakistan. <br /><br />This has been the second highest increase worldwide. <a href="http://www.scimagojr.com/" rel="nofollow">Scimago</a>, the world's leading research database, forecast that if this research trend from Pakistan continues, then by 2018, Pakistan will move ahead 26 notches in <a href="http://www.scimagojr.com/countryrank.php?area=0&category=0&region=all&year=all&order=it&min=0&min_type=it" rel="nofollow">world ranking</a>, from 43 to 27, and for the first time ever, will cross Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand in Asia. Today Pakistan is publishing more research papers per capita than India. <br />The number of PhD faculty at our public universities has also increased by almost 50%, from 4203 to 6067 in just the last 2 years alone. This is the result of the HEC PhD scholars that have started returning back and joining universities. These scholars are being selected for pursuing studies at leading universities of the academically advanced countries through a well-defined open, transparent and merit based mechanism. <br /> About 10 to 15 scholars are completing their PhDs every week and are being placed by HEC at the universities under Interim Placement of Fresh PhDs Programme (IPFP). Other HEC incentives include a 0.5 million research grant to every returning scholar. Currently, there are hundreds of fresh foreign PhDs currently inducted into various universities across the country.<br />The number of PhD students enrolled at the universities has increased by over 40% in just the last one year, from 6937 to 9858 students, while over 28122 students are registered for MPhil/MS, up from 16960, an increase of 65% in just two years. <br />The increase in the number of PhDs awarded is again very similar, from 628 to 927 in the last 3 years, and will surge exponentially in the future as more PhD faculty and students join the universities.<br />Commenting on these developments, Dr. Javaid R. Laghari Chairperson HEC said that Universities are the single most important producers of knowledge and research that leads to innovation and entrepreneurship. <br />By introducing innovation, creativity and interdisciplinary research as a vital component of teaching, and with knowledge exchange programs, the university contributes more directly to the economy and the society than many other institutions in the country.</i><br /><br />http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/islamabad/24-Jun-2013/pakistan-becomes-major-player-in-world-research<br /><br />http://www.scimagojr.com/<br /><br /><br />http://www.scimagojr.com/countryrank.php?area=0&category=0&region=all&year=all&order=it&min=0&min_type=itRiaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-29790002178630960322013-01-25T13:03:18.748-08:002013-01-25T13:03:18.748-08:00^^RH: "India Shining and Bharat Drowning"...^^RH: "India Shining and Bharat Drowning"<br />----<br /><br />India has more different-world divides than just India and Bharat. Therefore, we must speak of the following 4 distinct 'Indias':<br /><br />1) India: Rich & Urban middle-class<br />2) Bharat: North-Indian Poor<br />3) Hindustan: Dalits & Muslims<br />4) Intika: South IndiansHopewinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885301987622998733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-35125748062738984202012-09-23T13:57:27.544-07:002012-09-23T13:57:27.544-07:00I am laughing:)
Ok, Pakistan is ahead of India in...I am laughing:)<br /><br />Ok, Pakistan is ahead of India in Graduation Rates at All Levels.<br /><br />SO WHAT?? Whats the big deal now? Why to post a comment on this? Is India a benchmark for Pakistan's growth that you have to compare?<br /><br />In many emerging African countries the enrollment level in schools is much higher than that in India! Do they compare?:P Naturally the underdeveloped/emerging countries will have a higher growth rate!!<br /><br /><br />Please find some better topic for the post. The post like this one serve nothing!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-20233176338056293972012-09-07T14:03:49.962-07:002012-09-07T14:03:49.962-07:00i recently saw television sir in which news channe...i recently saw television sir in which news channel stated that 40% schools here dont have safe drinking water and 60% dont have electricity...this is alarming situation sir....my question is..what is ppp doing to improve the situation..i hope it is taking important steps...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03757707904412777268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-69626521841700878152012-05-29T08:18:07.936-07:002012-05-29T08:18:07.936-07:00Using Siddharth Vij's interpretation, here'...Using <a href="http://broadmind.nationalinterest.in/2011/09/23/so-how-many-indian-kids-complete-school/" rel="nofollow">Siddharth Vij's interpretation</a>, here's how BL data looks for Pakistan:<br /><br />1. No Schooling 38% vs 32.7% India<br /><br />2. Prim Total 21.8% vs 20.9% India<br /><br />3. Prim Complete 19.3% vs 18.9% Ind<br /><br />4. Sec Total 34.6% vs 40.7% India<br /><br />5. Sec Complete 22.5% vs 1.3% India<br /><br />6. Ter Total 5.5% vs 5.8% India<br /><br />7. Ter Complete 3.9% vs 3.1% India<br /><br />If you add up serial numbers 1, 2, 4 and 6, you reach 100%. This is the entire universe – each and every Pakistani above the age of 15 is assigned to one and only one of these buckets. 38 out of every 100 Pakistanis (vs 32% of Indians) above the age of 15 in 2010 have had no formal schooling. 22 have been only to primary school, 35 reached as far as secondary school while the rest made it all the way to college...... All that BL tells us is that for 34.6% of Pakistanis (vs 40.7% of Indians) above the age of 15, the highest level of educational attainment is secondary schooling. If to this 34.6% you add the 5.5% who have some tertiary education, you come up with a figure of 40.1% Pakistanis (vs 46.5% of Indians) above the age of 15 having had some secondary schooling during their life time.<br /><br />http://broadmind.nationalinterest.in/2011/09/23/so-how-many-indian-kids-complete-school/<br /><br /><br />Another important point to note in <a href="http://www.barrolee.com/" rel="nofollow">Barro-Lee data</a> is that Pakistan has been enrolling students in schools at a faster rate since 1990 than India. In 1990, there were 66.2% of Pakistanis vs 51.6% of Indians who had no schooling. In 2000, there were 60.2% Pakistanis vs 43% Indians with no schooling. In 2010, Pakistan reduced it to 38% vs India's 32.7%. <br /><br />http://www.barrolee.com/Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-77007092106065851322012-05-29T07:34:14.834-07:002012-05-29T07:34:14.834-07:00Here's how an Indian blogger Siddarth Vij at T...Here's how an Indian blogger Siddarth Vij at <a href="http://broadmind.nationalinterest.in/2011/09/23/so-how-many-indian-kids-complete-school/" rel="nofollow">The Broad Mind</a> interprets Barro-Lee data:<br /><br /><i>Focusing our attention on 2010, one can see that there are seven key numbers:<br /><br /> No schooling – 32.7%<br /> Primary Total – 20.9%<br /> Primary Completed – 18.9%<br /> Secondary Total – 40.7%<br /> Secondary Completed – 1.3%<br /> Tertiary Total – 5.8%<br /> Tertiary Completed – 3.1%<br /><br />If you add up serial numbers 1, 2, 4 and 6, you reach 100%. This is the entire universe – each and every Indian above the age of 15 is assigned to one and only one of these buckets. 33 out of every 100 Indians above the age of 15 in 2010 have had no formal schooling. 21 have been only to primary school, 41 reached as far as secondary school while the rest made it all the way to college. When Mr. Haq says that India has a ‘secondary enrollment of 40.7%’, he is wrong. It is critical to note that BL says nothing about enrollment. Enrollment ratio is a flow measure. BL measures a country’s existing stock of human capital through levels of educational attainment. All that BL tells us is that for 40.7% of Indians above the age of 15, the highest level of educational attainment is secondary schooling. If to this 40.7% you add the 5.8% who have some tertiary education, you come up with a figure of 46.5% Indians above the age of 15 having had some secondary schooling during their life time.<br /><br />The next point of contention is the interpretation of the three other numbers- the completion rates. Mr. Haq adds up serial numbers 3, 5 and 7 to report that India has a ‘dismal’ completion rate of 23%. Again, this is meaningless. The 23% only means that out of 100 Indians, 23 completed a certain level of education and then did not go to the next level. It does not take into account people who completed their primary (secondary) education and moved on to secondary (tertiary). <br /><br />For secondary education, Mr. Haq uses the 0.9% (1.3% in the updated version) figure as is to claim that only 1% of India’s secondary school students complete the level. Nitin interpreted it as 1% of 40% meaning that 4 out of every 1000 kids complete secondary school. Both these interpretations are flawed. We’ve already calculated that 46.5 out of every 100 Indians above the age of 15 reached secondary school. Out of these 46.5, 7.1 (1.3+5.8) completed their secondary schooling i.e. about 15% of those who attended some secondary school managed to matriculate. It’s higher than the earlier numbers but it is still shockingly low.<br /><br />The following summarizes what the BL data for India in 2010 actually says:<br /><br /> 327 out of every 1000 Indians above the age of 15 have never had any formal schooling<br /> Of the remaining 673, only 20 dropped out during primary school. Once we got kids into primary school, we managed to make sure that they completed it.<br /> In secondary school, however, the situation is markedly different. 465 out of every 1000 Indians made it to secondary school but 394 dropped out without completing.<br /> Only 58 made it to college out of which a little more than half graduated with a degree.</i><br /><br />http://broadmind.nationalinterest.in/2011/09/23/so-how-many-indian-kids-complete-school/Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-58688006960561277272012-05-19T18:53:30.066-07:002012-05-19T18:53:30.066-07:00Here's a Daily Times story on higher education...Here's a <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C05%5C20%5Cstory_20-5-2012_pg5_1" rel="nofollow">Daily Times</a> story on higher education growth in Pakistan:<br /><br /><i>Shaikh also highlighted the performance and achievements of government during last 10 years. He said that there are 71 universities in Pakistan in 2002, but in last 10 years, 66 new universities have been added in Pakistan. Previously, female enrolment was 37 percent, now it is 45 percent. Previously, numbers of PhDs were 1,500, now 10,000 new students have been enrolled in PhD, added the minister. He also mentioned that federal government has spent Rs 160 billion on promotion of higher education in the country. The federal minister said that federal government has transferred additional Rs 800 billion to provinces during the last four years to enable the provinces to provide their population best social services like health education. He also advised students to be proud and loyal Pakistanis. Shaikh said that it is a great day for the degree holding students, so they must thank their parents and teachers. He also assured that the government is doing every effort for the promotion of education sector in Pakistan.</i><br /><br />http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012\05\20\story_20-5-2012_pg5_1Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-88920177402282422692012-02-29T17:31:24.008-08:002012-02-29T17:31:24.008-08:00Pak threat to Indian science
Hindustan Times
Pa...Pak threat to Indian science<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM13/Pak-threat-to-Indian-science/Article1-124925.aspx" rel="nofollow">Hindustan Times</a> <br /><br /><i>Pakistan may soon join China in giving India serious competition in science. “Science is a lucrative profession in Pakistan. It has tripled the salaries of its scientists in the last few years.” says Prof C.N.R. Rao, Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Scientific Advisory Council.<br /><br />In a presentation to the Prime Minister, Rao has asked for a separate salary mechanism for scientists. The present pay structure, he says, is such that “no young technical person worth his salt would want to work for the Government or public sector”.<br /><br />He adds, “You needn’t give scientists private sector salaries, but you could make their lives better, by say, giving them a free house.”<br /><br />Giving his own example, he says, “I have been getting a secretary’s salary for the last 35 years. But I have earned enough through various awards.<br /><br />But I can raise a voice for those who aren’t getting their due.” Last year, Rao won the prestigious Dan David Award, from which he created a scholarship fund. So far, he has donated Rs 50 lakh for scholarship purposes.<br /><br />The crisis gripping Indian science seems to be hydra-headed. “None of our institutes of higher learning are comparable with Harvard or Berkeley,” points out Rao. The IITs, he says, need to improve their performance: a faculty of 350 produces only about 50 PhD scholars a year. “That’s one PhD per 5-6 faculty members,” says the anguished Professor.<br /><br />Rao fears that India’s contribution to world science would plummet to 1-1.5 per cent if we don’t act fast. At present, India’s contribution is less than three per cent. China’s is 12 per cent.<br /><br />“We should not be at the bottom of the pile. When I started off in the field of scientific research at 17-and-a-half, I had thought that India would go on to become a top science country. But now, 55 years later, only a few individuals have made it to the top grade,” he laments.</i><br /><br />http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM13/Pak-threat-to-Indian-science/Article1-124925.aspxRiaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-56297983453253406592012-02-25T21:27:26.002-08:002012-02-25T21:27:26.002-08:00Here's Russian analyst Anatol Karlin on India&...Here's Russian analyst <a href="http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2012/02/04/china-superior-to-india/" rel="nofollow">Anatol Karlin</a> on India's prospects and its comparison with China:<br /><br /><i>It is not a secret to longtime readers of this blog that I rate India’s prospects far more pessimistically than I do China’s. My main reason is I do not share the delusion that democracy is a panacea and that whatever advantage in this sphere India has is more than outweighed by China’s lead in any number of other areas ranging from infrastructure and fiscal sustainability to child malnutrition and corruption. However, one of the biggest and certainly most critical gaps is in educational attainment, which is the most important component of human capital – the key factor underlying all productivity increases and longterm economic growth. China’s literacy rate is 96%, whereas Indian literacy is still far from universal at just 74%.<br />-----------<br />The big problem, until recently, was that there was no internationalized student testing data for either China or India. (There was data for cities like Hong Kong and Shanghai, but it was not very useful because they are hardly representative of China). An alternative approach was to compare national IQ’s, in which China usually scored 100-105 and India scored in the low 80′s. But this method has methodological flaws because the IQ tests aren’t consistent across countries. (This, incidentally, also makes this approach a punching bag for PC enforcers who can’t bear to entertain the possibility of differing IQ’s across national and ethnic groups).<br />--------------<br />Many Indians like to see themselves as equal competitors to China, and are encouraged in their endeavour by gushing Western editorials and Tom Friedman drones who praise their few islands of programming prowess – in reality, much of which is actually pretty low-level stuff – and widespread knowledge of the English language (which makes India a good destination for call centers but not much else), while ignoring the various aspects of Indian life – the caste system, malnutrition, stupendously bad schools – that are holding them back. The low quality of Indians human capital reveals the “demographic dividend” that India is supposed to enjoy in the coming decades as the wild fantasies of what Sailer rightly calls ”Davos Man craziness at its craziest.” A large cohort of young people is worse than useless when most of them are functionally illiterate and innumerate; instead of fostering well-compensated jobs that drive productivity forwards, they will form reservoirs of poverty and potential instability.<br /><br />Instead of buying into their own rhetoric of a “India shining”, Indians would be better served by focusing on the nitty gritty of bringing childhood malnutrition DOWN to Sub-Saharan African levels, achieving the life expectancy of late Maoist China, and moving up at least to the level of a Mexico or Moldova in numeracy and science skills. Because as long as India’s human capital remains at the bottom of the global league tables so will the prosperity of its citizens....</i><br /><br />http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2012/02/04/china-superior-to-india/Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-57191116806475085012012-01-05T23:18:27.359-08:002012-01-05T23:18:27.359-08:00Here are some excerpts from a piece by Lan Pritche...Here are some excerpts from a <a href="http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/first-pisa-results-for-india-end-of.html" rel="nofollow">piece by Lan Pritchett</a> of Harvard University on India's poor performance on PISA:<br /><br /><i>Compared to the economic superstars India is almost unfathomably far behind. The TN/HP average 15 year old is over 200 points behind. If a typical grade gain is 40 points a year Indian eighth graders are at the level of Korea third graders in their mathematics mastery. In fact the average TN/HP child is 40 to 50 points behind the worst students in the economic superstars. Equally worrisome is that the best performers in TN/HP - the top 5 percent who India will need in science and technology to complete globally - were almost 100 points behind the average child in Singapore and 83 points behind the average Korean - and a staggering 250 points behind the best in the best.<br /><br />As the current superpowers are behind the East Asian economic superstars in learning performance the distance to India is not quite as far, but still the average TN/HP child is right at the level of the worst OECD or American students (only 1.5 or 7.5 points ahead). Indians often deride America's schools but the average child placed in an American school would be among the weakest students. Indians might have believed, with President Obama, that American schools were under threat from India but the best TN/HP students are 24 points behind the average American 15 year old.<br /><br />Even among other "developing" nations that make up the BRICs India lags - from Russia by almost as much as the USA and only for Brazil, which like the rest of Latin America is infamous for lagging education performance does India even come close - and then not even that close.<br /><br />To put these results in perspective, in the USA there has been huge and continuous concern that has caused seismic shifts in the discourse about education driven, in part, by the fact that the USA is lagging the economic superstars like Korea. But the average US 15 year old is 59 points behind Koreans. TN/HP students are 41.5 points behind Brazil, and twice as far behind Russia (123.5 points) as the US is Korea, and almost four times further behind Singapore (217.5 vs 59) that the US is behind Korea. Yet so far this disastrous performance has yet to occasion a ripple in the education establishment.<br />------------<br />These PISA 2009+ results are the end of the beginning. The debate is over. No one can still deny there is a deep crisis in the ability of the existing education system to produce child learning. India's education system is undermining India's legitimate aspirations to be at the global forefront as a prosperous economy, as a global great power, as an emulated polity, and as a fair and just society. As the beginning ends, the question now is: what is to be done? </i><br /><br />http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/first-pisa-results-for-india-end-of.htmlRiaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-88812082752532276592011-12-27T21:50:41.838-08:002011-12-27T21:50:41.838-08:00Here's an Express Tribune story on the state o...Here's an <a href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/312462/laghari-calls-for-heavy-investment-in-higher-education-disapproves-of-commercialisation/" rel="nofollow">Express Tribune story</a> on the state of higher education in Pakistan:<br /><br /><i>....“To create a knowledge capital, particularly in an emerging economy, a country has to invest heavily in the education sector,” said Dr Laghari, citing examples of South Korea, Singapore and more recently of Thailand, Malaysia, Turkey and Indonesia, who invested in education and made significant progress. Sadly, he said, Pakistan invests only 0.7% of its Gross Domestic Product in education, “which is too meagre to achieve its future goals”.<br /><br />Dr Laghari said we need at least 15,000 PhDs in the next decade, which is only possible if more than 1,000 PhDs are produced every year. However, he said within the available budget we are hardly producing 600 PhDs annually.<br />---------<br />Dr Laghari said that at least 20 to 30% of the population aged 17 to 23 should have accessibility to the higher education, but in Pakistan only 7.8% have this facility. In the Muslim world, 27% population in the given age group in Indonesia has access to higher education, in Malaysia it’s 30% and in Turkey it is 37%, he added. He cited that Brazil has invested $26 billion on its higher education and is expected to produce 75,000 PhDs in the next ten years.<br />--------<br />But despite outlining the issues marring education in Pakistan, Dr Laghari dispelled the impression that the higher education sector is stagnant.<br /><br />He said that in spite of the financial crunch, HEC has succeeded in improving the quality of education and research. He said that rate of enrolment in higher education is growing by 15 to 20% annually, and published research is increasing 20 to 25% annually.<br /><br />He said that 10 offices of research innovation have already been set up and another 12 are in the pipeline. Moveover, three centres of advanced studies focusing on water, agriculture and energy are currently being established at different universities, which are priority areas for developing countries like Pakistan, he added.<br /><br />HEC is focusing on promoting a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in universities and has defined their roles in building economies, communities and leadership, said Dr Laghari. As a result, he said research output has increased significantly in the last few years and so has as the number of PhD graduates. He said although the commission could not send a single person abroad for PhD last year, this year it managed to send abroad 600 to 700 scholars.<br /><br />“The biggest challenge for higher education is improving both the quality of education and research, which is only possible if the sector gets appropriate funding,” he maintained. The HEC chief said the commission has gotten some financial respite from the World Bank, which recently loaned it $300 million, in addition to funds from USAID and the British Council.<br /><br />He said funds allocated to the HEC last year were insufficient, and warned of massive protests by employees across the country if they are not paid their raised salaries.</i><br /><br />http://tribune.com.pk/story/312462/laghari-calls-for-heavy-investment-in-higher-education-disapproves-of-commercialisation/Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-88365695777293922652011-10-30T19:40:34.911-07:002011-10-30T19:40:34.911-07:00Riaz, I looked closely at the Barro Lee data which...Riaz, I looked closely at the Barro Lee data which I found in places contradictory or likely to be erroneous. I think the relevant data is what the current educational system is achieving, which is best assessed at looking at how young people are doing, not the entire population over age 15, many of whom were educated decades ago. What I find is that in the 15-19 range, India only has 5% never schooled, while Pakistan has 25%, this is a huge and unacceptable gap in primary education. I do agree that Pakistan performs at a level about the same as India in terms of higher education, though the IIT has no peer in Pakistan. There is also a large gender gap in Pakistan, and even in India, the Muslim population has worse performance than the majority Hindu. The average years of schooling is slightly higher in Pakistan among the 20-24 age group, and slightly less in 15-19, but the large number of completely illiterate is a major issue. Whether Pakistan is keeping up with India is not the issue, it is whether it is doing what needs to be done period. The government could provide decent primary and secondary education to all if it pushed up the education budget by 2% of GDP. Even 1% would dramatically improve the system if used well. Pakistan underspends on health and education compared with India.nayyer alinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-52480332395775128882011-10-20T19:16:35.285-07:002011-10-20T19:16:35.285-07:00Pakistan is among the biggest sources of foreign s...Pakistan is among the biggest sources of foreign students for OECD countries' colleges and universities. Here's how the <a href="http://www.austrade.gov.au/Education-to-Pakistan/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Australians</a> see Pakistan's education market:<br /><br /><i>The education and training sector has been one of the major contributors of Australian services exports into Pakistan market.<br /><br />Australia is increasingly being recognised as a supplier of a quality education services, with very significant advantages in terms of cost vis a vis UK and USA. To ensure that Australian education providers remain interested and committed to the market, Austrade works closely with both agents and institutions to value add and extend full cooperation and assistance to sustain and increase market share.<br /><br />The market demand has doubled over the last three years but one of the major constrain to this growth has been the political and economic instability in addition to travel advisory with certain travel restrictions, issues such as lengthy student visa process (now shifted to Adelaide), and less participation/visit of institutions’ representative in the education events or interview/seminar programs.<br /><br />There is substantial demand in Pakistan from students, parents and employers for private quality higher education along with a willingness and capacity to pay comparatively high fees. Private institutions are seeking affiliations with universities abroad to ensure they offer information and training that is of international standards.<br /><br />International donor agencies such as DFID and USAID are funding various projects focusing on teacher’s training and capacity building of the public sector institutions.<br /><br />In response to increased trade competition and need for a high performing work force, the Government of Pakistan is strongly emphasising vocational training.<br /><br />Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) system delivers training that is practical and career-oriented could service some of this demand.<br /><br />The online delivery of programs has potential where Pakistani residents wish to enhance their skills, but are not able to undertake long-term study out of the country. Hospitality is one area where distance education is a preferred option.<br /><br />Doing business in Pakistan is not without hurdles. Security concerns, inadequate infrastructure and differences in business culture are some of the major challenges faced by Australian institutions or exporters, but the opportunities are not to be underestimated.<br />Competitive environment<br /><br />The USA, the UK and Australia are the three destinations most popular with Pakistani students. Most students at the Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree level locally are looking for opportunities to study abroad, often while they complete their Pakistani studies.<br /><br />An overseas qualification improves chances of gaining a better opportunity in the job market. </i><br /><br />http://www.austrade.gov.au/Education-to-Pakistan/default.aspxRiaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.com