A deeper insight

This refers to “A deeper insight” by Ramsha Farooq Raja (YW, September 14, 2019). Although the publication is meant for my children and usually it is grabbed by them right away, this story caught my eye.

I borrowed YW later from them to read through as the story was about education, a messy and neglected sector in our country.

This story not only cleared a great deal of confusion in my head, but also busted a few myths about choosing O Level or matriculation for my children as it provided an in-depth view of the big picture.

Indeed, it is important to know what field of interest you want your child to pursue, considering his or her interests, capabilities, affordability of the courses and whether the child will stay in Pakistan to study or will need to go abroad.

Since we are a family of doctors, I can see my children’s interest in the same field. The first thing to reassure me was that similar biology courses are taught in matriculation and O Level, because my two sons are studying in the matric system and they want to be doctors when they grow up. My youngest daughter is good at mathematics and fortunately we chose O Level system for her because, according to this piece, more challenging mathematics is taught in the O Level system and I see her pursuing a career in math or physics.

Through this piece, I also discovered that matric is not about mugging up lessons by rote, especially when it comes to science subjects. Once you understand the concepts, the subjects become easy to learn.

The piece emphasised that to get good grades, you need to work hard in both systems and reading other books of your subject that are not included in your course is always helpful.

In conclusion, I would like to say that Young World should continue printing stories about education, syllabi, learning and academics as well as student’s issues.

Atika Qureshi,

Karachi

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This is with reference to the article “A deeper insight” by Ramsha Farooq Raja, published on September 14, 2019.

I appreciate the efforts of the writer for writing such an informative and educational article.

It presented many good insights into the different systems of education available to students here.

After reading this article, I and many other students will have a better idea of what to do with our future.

Parvez Ayub,

Turbat

Keep your school clean

These days garbage has become such a huge problem, especially for people living in Karachi. And this is making headlines on TV, social media and newspapers as well.

Everyone is talking about the need to clean the city, whose responsibility is it to remove garbage from residential and commercial areas of Karachi and also about how garbage is recycled to produce paper, plastic and even electricity.

With all of this, it came to my mind that schools must organise a system through which students can be taught to keep their schools clean. To share my thoughts, I couldn’t think of a better forum than Young World, so that I could reach out to young minds directly.

I believe schools can organise separate bins in the grounds and school buildings for throwing away paper, plastic goods and food waste. The school can coordinate with organisations that collect garbage and use them for recycling.

In addition to this, an hour a week should be allocated for everyone in the school to do spring cleaning. This can be done from junior school right up to high school level. The idea is to train the young minds about cleanliness and the importance of recycling garbage.

It will also inculcate some team building and community spirit among school children. And when this young generation grows up, they will certainly be more aware as adults about these issues that are important in every society today.

Karim Khokar,

Lahore

Internet trouble in Turbat

Turbat, the second largest city of Balochistan, lacks effective internet facility. Thousands of students are facing problems since internet is nowadays essential for a student to research and study online. I am one of those students who is suffering due to this issue.

Furthermore, I have a PTCL link for that I pay Rs3,000 per month, but which is not working since the last ten days, though I complained five times but no action has been taken yet.

I humbly request the concerned authority to make internet service efficient as soon as possible.

Irshad Wahid,

Turbat

Published in Dawn, Young World, September 28th, 2019