How Bias in Text books fuels division in Pakistani society

[ZYXW]

Most textbooks, in most countries, are bias - unless they are math and science based subjects. Everything is bias! At most, you can become familiar with the different biases and analyze them yourself.

 

[Dubious]

Most textbooks, in most countries, are bias - unless they are math and science based subjects. Everything is bias! At most, you can become familiar with the different biases and analyze them yourself.

or make a blog and let the world quote you and never actually click the non found "original report"

 

[ZYXW]

or make a blog and let the world quote you and never actually click the non found "original report"

Ouchhh!! was that for the other guy?

Actually my opinions are the only facts in this world, so my blogs would be equivalent to oxford-level research #truestory

 

[Shamain]

Jab ped boya babul ka aam kaha se ho..????

Ur own presence here on the forum is much like babul....since u are a product of indian education system where its a must holy duty to hate paksitan ,madatory for textbooks to include fake hisory,incorporate anti pak semtimentms, u better worry abt the sh1t going on in ur country...not poke ur nose in pakistani affairs.

 

[Stag112]

Ur own presence here on the forum is much like babul....since u are a product of indian education system where its a must holy duty to hate paksitan ,madatory for textbooks to include fake hisory,incorporate anti pak semtimentms, u better worry abt the sh1t going on in ur country...not poke ur nose in pakistani affairs.

Lets just agree you are a product of Pakistani education system and I am a product of Indian education system and let others judge the results.

Why indulge in a rant instead? That right there reflected badly on the Pakistani education system.

 

[Shamain]

Lets just agree you are a product of Pakistani education system and I am a product of Indian education system and let others judge the results.

Why indulge in a rant instead? That right there reflected badly on the Pakistani education system.

Nothing reflected badly on pakistani education system.
Who threw the bait?
And thanx for verifying u are product of indian ed system...corroborated my views further.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Books should teach truth no matter how sour it may be

 

[pak-marine]

So the best solution according to your liking's is that start teach Mirza Ghulam Ahmed's books in Schools.

And how did you figured that ?

Such achievements do not come cheap, Sir.

I know what u mean .. Survivng on GHASSS from almost 2 decades sucks big time !!!

 

[Styx]

there shouldn't be any religion taught in school, that's the families' job

holidays, sweets and treats, and half days etc are ok but don't feed the kids that crap as part of the curriculum.

 

[pak-marine]

irrelevant how when the ifs and buts of the west are which are clouding some people's mind....the same ifs and buts which only seem to apply to Pakistan and not the same west which is raising the ifs and buts....

OK then lets keep it in Pakistan why are indians bouncing in...which class did they attend in Pakistan?

Indians are irrelevant as well .. You still have to land in pakistani territory .. Honestly i think you are spending way more time on pdf than normal beings you need some time off from this place

Pakistani muslims are actually conquered people who have an extreme case of Stockholm syndrome vis-a-vis the Arabs and other races.

You're talking about a nation which borrows most of it's revered heroes from either the Arab lands or Turkic lands while our own heroes are....forgotten. In terms of history Pakistan choses to be a headless chicken (or an ostrich) and therefore such ridiculous curriculum which would make a sane 7 year old laugh will continue to circulate.

Rough rash but true ..

 

[Styx]

Lets just agree you are a product of Pakistani education system and I am a product of Indian education system and let others judge the results.

Why indulge in a rant instead? That right there reflected badly on the Pakistani education system.

yeap, our 'sickular marxist' system of teaching kids history is so much better than mentioning religion and saying stuff like "hindus/muslims/jooz did so and so.." and indoctrinating them at a young age.

those who are interested will do their own research and find out for themselves later anyway, no need to water a seed with piss.

 

[utraash]

The present curriculum is real enough and it works to serve what the national direction has been for quite a while. It can be revised, of course, but only after there is a national vision for the next generation.



But that is the point: One cannot conclude "despite failure of earlier discourse" that easily as it has achieved its goals too. The discussion should be more about what those goals were and are, and more importantly, will be for the rest of the 21st century.

Sorry to say that said discourse too failed to achieve its objective completely (1971)..... In one of your your post you outlined the compulsion of choosing such "discourse" was obvious when the ideological foundations were ill conceived by its forefathers so when we will see a end to prolong chaos in Pakistan even if it choses right n modern discourse ?
Going by this discussion to me its almost impossible to accommodate two extreme ideological rivals at least after 70yrs of its survival ( for example Islamic republic n secular republic)....

 

[VCheng]

I know what u mean .. Survivng on GHASSS from almost 2 decades sucks big time !!!

If one looks at the GDP progress over the last two decades, it is not all bad. Not great, but not bad.

Sorry to say that said discourse too failed to achieve its objective completely (1971)..... In one of your your post you outlined the compulsion of choosing such "discourse" was obvious when the ideological foundations were ill conceived by its forefathers so when we will see a end to prolong chaos in Pakistan even if it choses right n modern discourse ?
Going by this discussion to me its almost impossible to accommodate two extreme ideological rivals at least after 70yrs of its survival ( for example Islamic republic n secular republic)....

Right now, all things considered, the future of Pakistan hangs in the balance and I do not think anyone can predict when the chaos will end or get worse. The forefathers laid the foundations correctly, but what the later architects added on top is the problem, including some aspects of the education curricula.

 

[Genghis khan1]

Bias in textbooks
EDITORIAL —

Textbook-writing should be the domain purely of subject specialists and must be free from political meddling.—AFP/File


TO create a more tolerant and inclusive society, it is essential that textbooks contain lessons that foster a spirit of unity rather than fuel divisions.

However, as experts pointed out at a seminar on the curriculum held in Islamabad recently, textbooks of both public and private educational institutions in Pakistan contain material that promotes prejudice.

As one participant of the programme put it, our books did not reflect “love, respect or plurality”, and highlighted divisions instead.

There is, of course, much merit in what the academics highlighted, as Pakistan was a relatively more tolerant place several decades ago than it is today. While the rise of and the free rein given to extremist religious groups in the country has had a role to play in making society less tolerant, the state is largely to blame for promoting a narrow, exclusivist ideology through textbooks.

For instance, it is often pointed out that Pakistan Studies lessons can be problematic in their narrative of the Pakistan Movement; in many cases Hindus are demonised as a community in our textbooks while describing the background of Partition.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administration — under the previous Awami National Party government — tried, for example, to interpret the Pakistan Movement in a more progressive and less exclusivist manner. Yet these efforts were reversed when the PTI came to power in 2013, reportedly at the behest of the Jamaat-i-Islami, the party’s coalition partner in the province.

Another issue of concern is that of making non-Muslim students study Islamic material, especially in primary classes.

While Pakistan is a Muslim-majority state, it also has people of other faiths living within its borders, which is why it is unfair to make non-Muslim students memorise Islamic prayers or learn the majority population’s religious rituals.

Perhaps the key to reforming the system and inculcating more tolerant values in our textbooks lies with the provinces, as they have the power to interpret the curriculum.

Textbooks must be purged of all material that promotes hate against any religion, sect or nation and the goal must be to impart lessons that will aid the intellectual growth of students, not make them merely regurgitate ideological slogans.

Moreover, textbook-writing should be the domain purely of subject specialists and must be free from political meddling.

There is much that is wrong with our education system; one essential area that can help set it right is to promote a progressive curriculum that favours peace over bigotry.

Published in Dawn, October 5th, 2015

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98% Pakistanis are muslim. Islam teaches us unity and tolerance. Secular BS will destroy our society. There is a reason we are not as F'ed up as our neighbour.
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[Usama78]

Fan of Kanra Dajjal .. seriously offended ..!

i am a fan his monchaiiiiiiiiinnn




yeah i get it many right wing pakistanis live by the same logic ""Sub sahi hai Doodh Dahi hai let it stay how it is "" its all a big yahoodi chaal .. Whatever floats your boat ..



are you suggesting that If we remove such text than it can have negative impact on pakistans idealogy ?

It will not ! we may have to change names of some chowrangis , missles and roads .. that will be all

No, we wont have to do that, i.e change names of roads/missiles etc.
If we are actually a islamic state and follow islam, then no non-muslim can be forced to convert to/ study about/ learn about islam and hence, no non-muslim student will be forced to study about Islam. Simple! Problem solved.

FORCEFULLY TEACHING ISLAM TO A NON-MUSLIM IS AGAINST ISLAM