PESHAWAR, May 3: Speakers at a seminar held here on Saturday stressed on the practical method of teaching to help the country achieve rapid growth. Speaking on the occasion, Pakistan Quality and Productivity Society chairman Kamran Musa said Pakistani graduates were very good at memorizing and narrating a lesson, but they lacked practical work that could help them contribute towards country’s development.

Our education system was based on textbooks and guess papers, and students produced by this system lacked practical experience.

In the developed countries, students were required to gain practical knowledge with theoretical work, Mr Musa said at the seminar on “Quality Assurance in Higher Education”, organized by University of Engineering and Technology (UET).

“Market requirements are changing, but we remain stuck to same teachers, same process and poor education system that has left us far behind in this era of cut-throat competition,” he said.

“Highly-qualified teachers do not mean high-quality teaching, because best teachers needed competency in relevant subjects, commitment, motivational and teaching skills, besides understanding of the students’ psychology to deliver goods,” he said.—Correspondent