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Pakistani Education: Pomona College Professor’s Lecture
Exposes Media Frenzy and Sets the Record Straight
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Tahir Andrabi, associate professor of economics at Pomona
College, recently conducted a study with the World Bank and
Harvard University, revealing that less than 1 percent of
school-going children in Pakistan study in madrassas—disputing
Western media reports that 10 percent of Pakistani children
attend these religious schools and receive an extremist
education.
On Wednesday, September 14, Andrabi will discuss education
in Pakistan in his lecture, “Leap of Faith: School Choice in
Rural Pakistan,” which is part of the Fall Faculty Lecture
Series.
The lecture begins at 12:10 p.m. and will be held in the
Blue Room in Frank Dining Hall, which is located at 260 E.
Bonita Avenue, Claremont. There is no cost to attend the
lecture, which is open to the public. Lunch is available for
purchase.
Media misconceptions about the data affect how foreign
policy unfolds and fosters the fear that millions of
Pakistani children are being trained to terrorize, Andrabi
says. He hopes that these new numbers will funnel more
resources towards Pakistani public and private education
which help 99% of students, rather than following the media
frenzy and targeting such a small extremist population.
Andrabi’s main concern is not that Pakistani children are
being taught terror—rather he is concerned that they are not
being taught at all. According to Andrabi, there are a few
madrassas that are problematic, but poverty and the lack of
a basic education are what really breed terror.
Pomona College is one of the nation’s premier liberal arts
institutions, offering a comprehensive program in the arts,
humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Its
hallmarks include small classes, close relationships between
students and faculty, and a range of opportunities for
student research. Visit Pomona College on the web at
www.pomona.edu. |
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