Welfare State and Education

Summary

• Many of our students are seeking opportunities in universities around the world, not only in America, Canada, or Europe, but also in Central Asia and China, where they feel more comfortable, paying less fees than in Pakistan while receiving better quality education.
• We have merely licensed universities and created an environment where higher education is not within the reach of talented students.
• Especially our faculty needs to learn how China successfully reformed its education system, and how today some of the most distinguished universities in the world are not from Europe or America, but from China.

AI Generated Summary

Under the Constitution of Pakistan, health and education are basic rights of the public. It is the fundamental responsibility of the state to provide them. Since 1947, when Pakistan came into existence, there were only two universities in West Pakistan. Today, the number has increased to 278 universities across Pakistan, including both public and private sectors.

Here, the most important question arises: how many of them are truly functioning as public universities with minimal fee barriers? Unfortunately, most educational institutions in Pakistan have become commercial entities.