Pakistan to pay Britain Rs42b for O-level exam

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Pakistan to pay Britain Rs42b for O-level exam​

Precious foreign exchange continues to outflow as PKR plunges

Due to the consistent deterioration of the local education standards and currency devaluation, foreign exchange worth billions of rupees are moving out of Pakistan as the fees charged in the Great British Pounds (GBP) have automatically increased after the steep plunge of the Pakistani rupee
. According to sources, Rs42 billion will be transferred from Pakistan to the UK only for the O-level exam this year.
Given the storm of inflation, parents are forced to compromise on the quality of education of their children in hopes of a better future for them.
Sources said the amount transferred abroad is slightly less than the budget allocated for the Higher Education Commission (HEC).
Sources said the examination fee for eight subjects in O-Level under the Cambridge Board is Rs211,000. The students have five compulsory subjects and can choose three optional subjects.
The registration fee for each scientific subject is Rs22,390 and for each non-scientific subject is Rs20,340. In addition to this, Rs61,000 is charged for the subjects of Islamic Studies, Pakistan Studies and Urdu.
O-level, A-level and IGSE exams are held twice a year. According to the documents, the Cambridge Board will take Rs21 billion from Pakistan-based students in just one O-level exam.
This year, more than 0.1 million Pakistani students will participate in the annual examinations of O and A levels.
More than 40,000 students are sitting in O and A level exams from Karachi alone

Pakistan to pay Britain Rs42b for O-level exam | The Express Tribune

Precious foreign exchange continues to outflow as PKR plunges

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Pakistani SSC and HSSC statistics (exluding DAE, Madrassa and students) for 2022:

1853211+1257612= 3,110,823 or 3.1 million students


(https://ibcc.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Annual-Report-2022.pdf)

 

[313ghazi]

100,000 kids. These are the kids of our 1%.

 

[Neelo]

Never understood this fascination of A O levels. Pakistan should have one curriculum for all. Period.

A and O levels are basically conveyor belts to the west.

 

[villageidiot]

Sources said the amount transferred abroad is slightly less than the budget allocated for the Higher Education Commission (HEC).

Just Pakistani things. smh

 

[VCheng]

Sources said the amount transferred abroad is slightly less than the budget allocated for the Higher Education Commission (HEC).

So what is the problem here? It is private money that people are spending by their own choice and free will to gain something of value for their chidden, as is their right. The shame here belongs to Pakistan's budgetary allocations, and nowhere else.

 

[TheDarkKnight]

So what is the problem here? It is private money that people are spending by their own choice and free will to gain something of value for their chidden, as is their right. The shame here belongs to Pakistan's budgetary allocations, and nowhere else.

Sar no Dallar in accoont sar.

 

[VCheng]

Sar no Dallar in accoont sar.

True, but that is the government's economic failure, not the people's, and does not take away their right to spend their money as they see fit for their children's education.

 

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So what is the problem here? It is private money that people are spending by their own choice and free will to gain something of value for their chidden, as is their right. The shame here belongs to Pakistan's budgetary allocations, and nowhere else.

The purpose is to highlight the budgetary constraints along with the lack of quality of education especially at below graduate levels which gives affording parents with little choice but to prefer foreign examinations.

Just as LUMS and Agha Khan not to mention the private medical colleges where 'donations' from private money and spending people spending it by their own choice to gain something value or lack of for their children, it is important to highlight, discuss and stress that rather than sidelining the Pakistani education, it will be better if they pressure the govt to improve themselves in this domain.

Parallel education system like this also has social implications along with elite and other mindset which is detrimental cohesion in our society. The graduates of such institutions are more likely to churn out people who are likes of Canolli owners ( the English superiority scandal).

 

[VCheng]

The purpose is to highlight the budgetary constraints along with the lack of quality of education especially at below graduate levels which gives affording parents with little choice but to prefer foreign examinations.

Just as LUMS and Agha Khan not to mention the private medical colleges where 'donations' from private money and spending people spending it by their own choice to gain something value or lack of for their children, it is important to highlight, discuss and stress that rather than sidelining the Pakistani education, it will be better if they pressure the govt to improve themselves in this domain.

Parallel education system like this also has social implications along with elite and other mindset which is detrimental cohesion in our society. The graduates of such institutions are more likely to churn out people who are likes of Canolli owners ( the English superiority scandal).

LOL. One day you, and many others here, will realize that what you highlight above as problems are actually intended features built into the system, to deliver exactly the results wanted. If and when that day comes is the day you will begin to understand why what we say is not what we do.