1. Contents
2. Policy issues 13
3. Commodification of education 15
4. Revisiting literacy in pakistan 21
5. Revisiting higher education 27
6. On financing education 31
7. The inflation of degrees 37
8. The need to refocus 43
9. Teacher and teacher education 47
10. Holistic approach to teacher education 49
11. Professional development through self-understanding 55
12. Qualitative change through teacher education 59
13. Going beyond skills 65
14. The touch-and-go teaching 69
15. The workshop syndrome 75
16. The tuition institution 81
17. Reflective journals in teacher education 85
18. Curriculum and materials 91
19. Redefining knowledge 93
20. Curriculum: a vibrant reality 97
21. Shortcut to success 103
22. The vacation with occupation 109
23. School 113
24. Reconceptualizing good schools 115
25. Redefining school improvement 121
26. Punishment in schools 125
27. Home 131
28. Home school relationship 133
29. The unhomely homework 137
30. The dropouts on streets 141
31. Language issues 147
32. Elt scenario in pakistan 149
33. The language factor 153
34. Teaching of english through collaboration 157
35. Teaching of language through literature 163
36. English for engineering 167
37. Research and assessment 175
38. Unpacking research paradigms 177
39. The proxy research 183
40. Our ailing assessment system 187