How Do You See The Quality Of Education Improving In Pakistan?

I think there is a solution in the form of virtual and long distance education. Twenty years ago, if anyone wanted to get a qualification, one had to enroll in an institute and had to be physically present in the class room. But the internet has changed this in the form of e-learning. Now most of the world class universities such as Harvard, MIT, Stanford etc, or offering education through e-learning.

Most Pakistanis gain access to the internet via dialup, which is too much slow. As soon as the bandwidth speed issue is resolved in Pakistan, virtual education or e-learning is bound to gain momentum. But if we are talking about IT education, you will see that it is not universities that are jumping on the e-learning bandwagon.

Technology vendors such as Sun Micro Systems, Microsoft and Cisco also offer certifications. These certifications are not a solution in themselves but they do allow one who learn programming, networking and IT skills at your own pace besides offering international recognition indorsed by the technology vendors. This is what we focused on in operation doing by the NGO's. They provided students with quality IT education, initially taking JAVA and later .NET and other technologies linked with web services and encouraged students to go for international certifications rather than handing out institute based certificates.