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Pakistan 's Education System Of Pakistan

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Madiha Hussain is a young girl whose family is from Pakistan. Pakistan is bordered by Afghanistan to the north-west and Iran to the west while the People 's Republic of China borders the country in the north and India to the east. Urdu and English are the official language spoken in Pakistan, however Madiha speaks Arabic and is an Advanced ELL student.

Pakistan’s education system is one of the most underdeveloped in the world according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It is divided into six different levels: Preprimary (for the age from 2.5 to 5 years); Primary (grades one through five); Middle Elementary (grades six through eight); Secondary/ Trade Vocational (grades nine and ten); intermediate (grades eleven and twelve); and Postsecondary. (Lynd, D., 2007) Article 25-A of Constitution of Pakistan mandates that the state must provide free and compulsory quality education to children in age groups 3 to 16 years of age. However, only 87% of Pakistani children finish primary school education. (Lynd, D., 2007) Madiha’s parents came to America to give their children, 3 daughters, a better life, one that included education. They understood that Pakistan’s educational system is extremely subpar and that their daughters would be unlikely receive a diploma. I believe the major conflict Madiha’s parents will have is mainly the language barrier. Their main goal is graduation and allowing their daughters to become whoever it is that

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