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Opinion: Need to strengthen our education

The quality of students making the cut to university has also been a subject of concern. The general feeling has been that they are not competent enough even after going through university.PHOTO: COURTESY

Our education sector is being reformed. Last year, every effort was put in place to ensure the credibility of national examinations, which had been heavily eroded over the years. For long, exam cheating was the norm, rather than the exception.

The quality of students making the cut to university has also been a subject of concern. The general feeling has been that they are not competent enough even after going through university. Consequently, there have been efforts to review the education curriculum to align it with our national aspirations and growing trends across the globe.

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