The Social Class Difference: Money & Education

Money cannot only buy you cars, mansions and diamonds- it can also buy you degrees and quality education.


For the conditions of countries like Pakistan, where more than half of the population strives and lives on less than a dollar each day: which is technically below poverty line as per the global standards followed in the world. The literacy rate is directly proportional to the social class you belong and the better and quality education is skewed to the richer, elite classes of the country.

With the ugly, obscene and devastatingly bad conditions of public institutions: from government school to universities. The only sane option for the parents remain is to get them educated in a private institute. And the admissions at sophisticated and decent institutes-come with a price.
The private sector provides all the necessities as well as a better academic and general staff, more decent atmosphere and has completely manipulated the government's failing of providing a good quality and cheap education.

They have taken advantage of the situation by providing exactly the same thing at a higher and more higher price. Promotion of such a mechanism only continues one thing: the rich get the access to the best quality education available in a cultured environment, the poor gets nothing but ghost schools and maybe some ghosts too(unused buildings over a period of time)!

This mechanism only results in one thing: the rich gets richer, and the poor stays the slave. For this is not just a matter of illiteracy or failing of government. It is the whole cycle and whole scenario- which is absolutely beneficial for the people at the top- it enables them to stay at the top. The literacy and education can only take their slaves away: which is a nightmare.

The Light of Literacy

Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy.

-Anne Sullivan

Awareness: English Language Learning & Teaching

English Language: Learning & Teaching

A country like Pakistan, where the literacy rate is stagnant; with an immensely slow growth. The calculation of literacy is not even a high standard to measure up to; merely being able to write your name in any of the languages. There is a drastic decrease in education levels going higher, with more and more decrease on primary to middle to high and intermediate and graduation level, the ratio is negatively skewed. A country where undergrads are not more than 3.9% of the total population and grads not more than 1%, there is a desperate need of educated and quality individuals- who do not only have a certain academic degree, but also the ability to read and write in various languages, specially the internationally worthy language- English.

There is an extremely high demand for people well versed in spoken and written English, but the not so sufficient supply. There are not many people available having this ability of conversing in a refined language with accuracy in grammar and punctuation. A great reason behind the fact that Pakistan is lagging behind so many countries in performing internationally on the various platforms of arts, sciences, history, fiction, geography, social activities and research is a barrier of language- despite of being a high demand for it.

This gap of demand and supply has generated a value and worth for the individuals who can speak and write English very well, for this is a much needed skill specially when operating internationally. This factor has also expanded an interest and motivation among the individuals to learn language skills and excel at English language. Thus, more and more institutions, universities and even schools are offering English language classes; not only focusing on the aspect of writing and reading but also listening and understanding the various dialects of the language for a better interaction with their foreign counterparts.