Islamized Ideologies in the Pakistani Education System: The Need for Religious Literacy

Abstract

This article focuses on the critical ideologies of the curriculum behind the religious education (Madrassa system) and modern education systems (public and private schools) in Pakistan. These systems use different types of curriculum and have faced many challenges in the past, particularly with regard to the curriculum itself. Both systems of education teach students to develop their personalities in favor of their own system and against the other system. Religion plays a central role in the formation of the students' personality through both systems. Thus, both systems need religious literacy for the better use of religion in Pakistani society.

About the author

Muhammad Azeem Ashraf is PhD Candidate. Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. E-mail: [email protected]

Notes

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