Weekly Column Side Effect (Confusion & Illusion)

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New Arrival

Dear All,

This is to inform you that we have recently added followings Magazine/Journal in our Development Resource Centre (DRC).

1.     Pakistan Journal of Statists   (April 2009)

2.     The Economist                           (April 18^th-24^th 2009)                                      

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Education Policy on Hold

Education Policy on Hold

Not many were surprised when the education policy that should have been announced on March 23 was put on hold yet again by the cabinet last week. After all, knowing the priorities - and education is low among these - of successive governments there was really no room for shock when the cabinet postponed its approval of the draft policy of the federal education ministry. The main reason cited for the postponement by the information minister was that the policy was not comprehensive enough. It is strange that having worked on the draft for a year, the ministry should fail to draw up a sound implementation plan and targets to be met within a specified time frame. Hence the draft will be sent back to the provinces and we can expect it to go into cold storage.

Meanwhile, the challenges before the education sector continue to be formidable, especially as no relief is in sight. The three major issues that are undermining education in Pakistan remain unaddressed. One is the quality of education - at least in the public sector - which is deplorable. Second, there is no effective and independent monitoring to ensure that policies are being implemented transparently and corruption is being checked to prevent wholesale damage to the education sector. Third, the capacity to utilize funds flowing into the sector to the maximum, and in a judicious manner, is not being developed. Obviously, all this calls for policy guidelines that may differ in detail in different areas but broadly follow similar principles all over the country. Hence the need for a national policy.

The danger is that the spread of education will be curtailed enormously due to spiraling inflation and the unceasing quest for profits by the private sector. The two have combined to make education costly and beyond the reach of ordinary persons. The new concept of public-private partnership promoted by the government assigns a growing role to private entrepreneurs in education. That has left the public sector even more deprived of funds and attention. The low-income groups have few choices. They can send their children to government schools that impart virtually no education. Or they can enroll them in private schools that may teach them something but leave the family impoverished in the process. Parents have yet another option. They may not educate their child at all, and that is what the bulk of them are doing. Dawn

 

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New Arrivals

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Please view the list of books, given below, recently added to the Development Resource Centre (DRC).

                                                         

S.#	Title	Author	Basic Information & Contents
1.	Daughter of the East	Benazir Bhutto	v     An Autobiography
2.	The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West	Gilles Kepel	v     Kepel Examines the Impact of Global Terrorism and the Insuring Military Operations to Stem its Tide.
3.	The Duel Pakistan: On the Flight Path of American Power	Tariq Ali	v     Pakistan at Sixty: A Conflagration of Despair v     Rewinding Pakistan: Birth of Tragedy v     The Washington Quarter: The Man Who Would Be Field Marshal v     The Washington Quarter: The General Who Lost a Country v     The Washington Quarter: The Soldier of Islam v     The Washington Quarter: The General as Chief Executive v     The House of Bhutto: Daughter of the West v     On the Flight Path of American Power. v     Operation Enduring Freedom: Mirage of the “Good” War v     Can Pakistan Be Recycled?

 

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Side-effect (The rise of the bigots)

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Side-effect (Bhutto no more, Zia lives on)

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New Arrivals

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Please view the list of books, given below, recently added to the Development Resource Centre (DRC).

 

                                                           

S.#	Title	Author	Basic Information about Book
1.	In the Name Honour	Mukhtar Mai	“In the Name of Honour” is the inspirational true story of a woman who continuous to fight against exceptional odds.
2.	The Clash of Fundamentalisms	Tariq Ali	“The Clash of Fundamentalisms” is about a magnification cultural history; a heartfelt homage to the great poets of Iraq and the Arab world whose influence remained strong throughout their long period of exile.
3.	Bush in Babylon ( The Recolonisation of Iran)	Tariq Ali	“Bush in Babylon” is about the history of Iraqi resistance against empire old and new.
4.	Reconciliation (Islam Democracy & the West )	Benazir Bhutto	“Reconciliation” is about the story of a courageous woman and her struggle for democracy and moderation in Islam.

 

 

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The Economist-March 28th-April 3rd 2009

Dear All,

 

This is to inform you that we have recently added “The Economist” in our Development Resource Centre (DRC).

 

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Roohi Bano 

SPO-National Centre