I HAVE spent quite a few years residing in the interior of Sindh. During my sojourn I noticed an alarming phenomenon.

The youth in the interior have a bad habit of cheating at examinations. This practice is so entrenched that the matric, intermediate and university exams are an exercise in futility. This is leading to thousands of youth with degrees but no sound academic grounding or qualification.

The result is these youth cannot get jobs in the private sector and barely compete for jobs in the government sector and they blame others for their predicament. Rather than blaming others the Sindh government should set about revamping the education sector in the province.

This means a drastic overhaul and of the school and higher education system with strict enforcement of quality and the stamping out of cheating in exams. Only then will youth in Sindh be able to compete and hold their own against others in today’s competitive world.

Ferhan Ali Jarwar

Matli, Sindh

Published in Dawn, October 14th, 2018