Before the coronavirus outbreak, Pakistan’s education system was already suffering from structural weaknesses and learning crises. Further, Pakistan’s education quality is bad enough that the Expected Years of Schooling (EYS) and Learning Adjusted Year of Schooling (LAYS) differ by about four years. Therefore, the solution is to devise an effective online learning strategy. Similarly, online learning strategy can be complemented with the adoption of an effective remote learning strategy. Therefore, to create a resilient education system of futuristic orientation, the focus should be to strengthen our capacity in the long-term through consistent human capital policies with adequate budget allocation for child education.

Source: The Express Tribune October 21, 2020 04:07 UTC