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27 J. Pol. Stud. 257 (2020)
Political Awareness in Educational Policies of Pakistan: A Historica Review

handle is hein.journals/jlo27 and id is 245 raw text is: Journal of Political Studies, Vol. 27, Issue - 1, 2020, 257:273 Political Awareness in Educational Policies of Pakistan: A Historical Review Dr. Muhammad Muzaffar, Dr. Bashir Hussain, Dr. Muhammad Arshad Javaid, Dr. Irfan Ullah Khan & Dr. Nazim Rahim Abstract This article furnishes a historical review to trace out the reflection of Political awareness in the national educational policies of Pakistan. Policies are designed by the government for the welfare of the state taking into account the each and every aspect that leads to progress and prosperity of the country. Educational policies are devised to fulfill the political, social and economic needs of a nation. This study is, therefore, historical in nature with qualitative design. Government documents were used as primary, and authentic books as secondary sources to find out the reflection of political knowledge in the educational policies of Pakistan. This study showed that no attention has been given on incorporating political knowledge in national educational policies of Pakistan to enhance the level of political awareness. This study, therefore, recommends that various aspects of political development in the society should be emphasized in the educational policies and consequently the basic political knowledge be incorporated in the school curricula. Keywords: Educational Policies, Political Knowledge, Curriculum, Pakistan Introduction Education inherently serves both the public and private interests. It addresses public interests by preparing the young to assume adult roles that promote the civic responsibility, embrace a common set of economic, moral, and political values, and share a common language. Education serves private interests in promoting individual development, understanding, and productivity that contribute to adult productivity and wellbeing (Levin, 2001). Both these interests of education ultimately contribute to the social, economic, and political development of the country. After the inception of Pakistan so many educational policies were developed in order to enhance the educational level of the nation and to make up the deficiencies in different aspects of the country. For example, literacy rate was focused in all the educational policies but despite all this we are still at rate of 57% within the country. Similarly, different other aspects were recommended in policies, but unluckily not fulfilled. It may be the matter of fate, but some facets were not bothered despite their importance. For instance, political awareness is usually considered key to democratic essence for a country. However, despite the significance of education in developing and promoting political awareness, focus on political aspects was largely ignored. In *Authors are Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, GC Women University, Sialkot, Assistant Professor & Lecturer, Department of Education, University of Education, Lahore (Sub-Campus DG Khan), Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & IR, Qurtuba University of Science & IT, Peshawar, Pakistan.

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