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Stibbins, R.
1963
Asia Trip
Karachi
Jan. 27 a cardboard house with burglar alarm,
a don bell buzzer made from coil of copper
wire and a nail, and other electrical
geartry. Some blown egg shells with drawings
of animals depicted evolutionary stages –
a cardboard man stood in the center
surrounded by the shells. Not much true
science here.
We stopped off at the Central Bureau of
Education, Ghafoor Chamber, Victoria Rd.,
director M.M. Hasan. He would like a
copy of “guidelines” for evaluation. Graphs
in Mr. Hasan’s office showed the
number of primary schools in Pakistan to
be about 45000 in 1959 and the number
of secondary schools to be 6000+. Primary
school enrollment was 45 lakhs +
secondary 13 lakhs (1959).
Ourarishi commented that the teachers
have such heavy loads that their energies
are drained and they have little time
to mature to become imaginative
in their teaching. Many are distracted
by worries. He feels the educational
system must think in terms of the
average, not the ideal teacher.
I then went to the Government of
Pakistan, Ministry of Education and