Excerpt: [Dr Shams Kassim-Lakha] said that in Pakistan, people lean towards the natural sciences and turn their noses up at the social sciences, which are considered ‘soft’ options “It is a terrible crime against your own children,” he said. “Nobody would even teach them about the country’s constitution, humanities or civics.”
He advocated the IB system where a student has to go through a mix of six or seven subjects in science and arts along with community service projects. “Even at the birthplace of the Cambridge system, numerous studies have established IB as a system that gave consistent results,” said Dr Kassim-Lakha. “I’m not decrying A-levels as it has its own value. But that value is limited.”
via Revamp the system: ‘A’ Level schools have become factories for good grades’ – The Express Tribune.
Ismailimail 