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Reservation Policy: The Reigning Trends and Their Implications

               In India, the political class represented by the entire spectrum of the national and regional parties shows a near unanimity in regard to what they want done and what they intend to do in the area of reservation policy. (1) They are, for example, for the continuance of  the caste-based system of providing quotas ; (2) They want extension of reservation to OBCs and they are not for the exclusion of the creamy layer;  (3) They are opposed to the Supreme Court-ordained ceiling of 50% as the maximum quantum of reservation allowable under all circumstances. This order, it may be noted, comes in the way of most the southern states that are already providing reservation far in excess of this limit, even up to as much as 70% in the case of state of Tamil Nadu; and  (4) There is the growing demand for extension of reservation to the private sector in the context of  liberalization of the economy and the shrinkage of the public sectoe and government jobs.

 

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Uniform Education system and its advantages for Pakistanis

Uniform Education system and its advantages for Pakistanis

Pakistan has come into existence on 14 August 1947 after partition and it is still struggling with its educational policy.  If we see the history of Pakistani area before partition in different times, it paints dramatic picture. Education was at high level during Islamic periods and declines during British Raj. British just used education to had clerical staff for administration and government. They did not put strong effort in the education section.  At that time, education system was very different in the different cities, which are now called as Pakistan. Punjab and Sindh had few educational institutions while NWFP and Baluchistan had religious educational institutions.

Pakistani administration is working very hard to find the effective solution of education system, which is for everybody and in single form all over the country. It is very important now that we should have a uniform education system all over the country and government should take a step to request all government officials to send their children’s to government institutions to make it more better.

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