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TALK ON EDUCATION: Pakistan Minister Hamida Khuhro with N. Rajayalakshmi, Minister for School Education, in Hyderabad on Sunday.
HYDERABAD : Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy Hamida Khuhro has expressed the hope that India will throw open its doors to students from Pakistan for higher studies, as "after all education is non-controversial and the neighbours shared common history and culture." The Pakistani Minister told The Hindu in an interview that access to education in India by students from across the border was negligible. "It is not even 1 per cent." The agenda for peace talks between the two countries should include education, Dr. Khuhro said in response to a question whether diplomatic hurdles on account of hostilities came in the way of Pakistani students pursuing studies in India. "We want to learn from your rich experience. We want to send our children to India," she added.
Quality of education
Dr. Khuhro, who is the daughter of a leading light of Pakistan freedom struggle, Mohammed Ayub Khuhro, was in city on Sunday as part of a ten-day visit to the country at the invitation of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Ayub Khuhro was a Defence Minister in the Government of Mohammed Ali Jinnah and the Chief Minister of Sindh thrice after the partition. The Pakistani Minister lamented that there were not enough higher educational institutions in her country to meet the demand of students. They were forced to look westwards. "There is a big question of quality education in Pakistan. The level of expertise in the sector is badly inadequate." The initiatives taken by India in teaching methodology, development of textbooks and enrolment of girls in schools were far ahead of Pakistan. A lot of innovation and thinking had gone into the education system in India, she added.
Employment
Dr. Khuhro maintained that Pakistan was yet to learn making education compatible with business. This had become crucial because the country was looking for alternatives to Government employment which was shrinking. After a meeting with School Education Minister N. Rajyalaxmi at the Secretariat, Dr. Khuhro told reporters that the dropout rate of children from primary to middle schools in Pakistan was 30 to 40 per cent.
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