Protection of Child Rights in Context to Education in Pakistan

The major reason behind the economic backwardness of Pakistan is that despite adequate efforts, Pakistani government still fails when it comes to promising increase in the level of literacy and the provision of proper education across the country. This lack of education and awareness is also supposedly the major reason behind the escalating violence within the country and is intimidating Pakistan’s peace and progress.

Although mostly the educated sector of the society is expected to make efforts in carrying out the movements for the improvisation of the educational system of the country but, this problem can be eradicated from the society by just extensively addressing and creating awareness about it amongst the people to create a positive impact on some extent.

In context to the educational system, there is one thing that is common between India and Pakistan’s history, i.e. the approval of Right to Education (RTE) Acts in Pakistan in 2012, followed by in India in 2009. On comparison, one would find out that although Pakistan’s model has a lot of points exactly the same as those present in India’s model, but still Pakistan’s version is still much better and has less flaws than India.  

In this article, the major focus is on the height of power and strength the authoritative body of the educational sector of the country must have. In India, the government had apparently given authority to the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) but, there still are some rules it is coerced to practice according to which this act has no appropriate control over the relevant governmental departments and cannot practice its rights quickly. 

On the contrary, Pakistan’s legislative authority comes with the Education Advisory Council whose main purpose is to keep a check and balance and also acknowledge the government on various requirements of the educational sector. Its responsibilities also include that they should make efforts to make sure that every child in the country attends the school. 

In the upcoming years, it is expected that those who have the charge of setting up rules for Education Advisory Council of Pakistan in their hands, will come up with a stronger vision for the better education system and also for the sake of effective education for the underprivileged children.