Challenges Faced by Pakistan in Education - Research Paper Example

The nation was born on 14th of August 1947 when it was partitioned from India by the British Administration. Even though only a little more than sixty years old, the nation has seen its share of wars, military coups, and internal strife that is “marked by ongoing tripartite power struggles among presidents, prime ministers, and army chiefs” (Kronstadt 2005). Pakistan at the time of partition had two separate areas East and West Pakistan separated by the Indian land mass. West Pakistan later became an independent nation namely Bangladesh.

East Pakistan now is referred to officially as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and locally as Jamhuryat Islami Pakistan. The country has just transformed itself back to democratic governance after a long period under military rule. After a period of high growth during the 1990s, and early 2000, the economy of the nation is currently in bad shape with low levels of foreign direct investment and high levels of foreign debt. Many developmental plans were undertaken both by the Federal Government and the United Nations with a view to improving the social, economic, educational and the health-related factors that dictate terms on the nation’s present poor standards.

The Millennium Development Goals set for the nation by the United Nations was a comprehensive developmental plan for the nation and the dissertation makes a critical probe on the millennium goals of the nation and tries to identify the major challenges and reasons for the non-accomplishment of the set goals. Improving the health, educational and employment rates of the nation have been major important millennium goals for Pakistan and therefore the dissertation also focuses on these three areas and deals with the corresponding challenges in these three sectors.