Journal of Political Sciences & Public Affairs
Open Access

Abstract

Politics of Madrassa Reforms and Changing Trends in Education Policies in Pakistan: A Case Study of Musharraf Regime

Shafiq Qurban*

Education Policy is devised to regulate education system according to exigencies of time to get required outcome. Pakistan has developed various education policies to make her education more effective especially madrassas education for development society. This study is intended to provide changing trends about madrasa in all education policies from 1947 to 2009 wherein every policy document has attractive recommendations for effectiveness of education in madrassas, but these policies recommendations were only confined to policy papers due to lacking implementation. However, Musharraf government has taken feasible measures to reform madrassa education by introducing secular subjects with apposite financial aids. This reform scheme became partial successful in improving education in madrassas. This study is based on primary and secondary data where primary is collected from policy makers. This research is informed from discourse analysis for drawing conclusion of this study. The result of study has pointed out that madrasas education is still ineffective due gap between theory and practice. This study has recommended that effective policy measures to improve education in madrassas should only be realized with effective implementation.

Published Date: 2021-09-13;