English the Alien Language in Punjab

English Language

Around a decade ago, the Chief Minster of Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif changed the medium of teaching from Urdu to English. By conducting the survey in 22 districts of Punjab; it is proved that the decision was not beneficial for little souls as well as for the teachers. The surveys proved that the primary class students neither can write English nor Urdu. So, the government has decided to switch back to Urdu in the coming year, March 2020.

The question is, switching back to Urdu, will it be effective? Is medium of teaching (English) hurdle in effective education? Is Urdu being the ‘mother tongue’ of the entire population? If No, how will it affect it positively. When we look at the statistics most of the population live in rural areas; which mostly speak Punjabi, Saraiki or other regional languages. To improve the standard of Education, there are other ways, rather than switching medium of teaching every next year. The quality of education can be improved with other ways, some of them are as follows:

  • by changing the syllabus or the content which is being taught.
  • by training the instructors, so they can communicate and deliver more effectively.
  • by providing students opportunities to participate in co-curricular activities.
  • by giving students opportunity to apply those learned skills in practical way.
  • by brining Information Technology in use and utilizing the maximum potential of digital resources.

If government wants to prove that all the decisions taken by previous governments are wrong, then there are other ways to do that. Not playing with the future of the students would be better option here.

How to select a good FYP for CS students?

Project Planning

The final year project (FYP) is the core of a degree, either it is Computer Science (CS), Information Technology (IT), or Software Engineering (SE). It plays a crucial role to secure job in the tech industry. In that case, it should be challenging that helps to learn new things. The selection of the topic is quite a strenuous process. The students should select the topic in which he is interested or wants to work in that field. Mostly, students select a topic, but the supervisors ask the candidates to bring some novel ideas. To bring novelty requires a lot of research, without effort the project will be useless. Research papers help to create something new. Try to read topic research papers specific to your topic. Afterward, apply your critical thinking and make sure how you can make it better or create something from scratch.

As Anthony J. D’Angelo said,

Don’t reinvent the wheel, just realign it.

After the selection of topic, try to make plans how you are going to accomplish this. The project may require learning new concepts, tools or programming languages. Keep yourself aligned to the requirements of the project. Proper planning is required to meet the deadline. A person should have time frame and work accordingly. Frequent meetings with the supervisor can be beneficial to evaluate the progress. Contacts with the people who are working that industry, can help in provide guidelines.

The final stage of the FYP is Evaluation, based on that the student will awarded marks or grades. It is like viva; you will be asked questions regarding project. You should prepare for that and revise the concepts accordingly. After the completion of your Final Year Project; do not wait for the result, just join any software house, a team or any organization. It will add plus point in your resume. The longer you kept yourself away from industry; the more it will take you to land your first job. And good luck!

Why Students Fail in Pakistan?

Student Reading Book

Education is mandatory for the development of Human being. Without learning growth will be stopped. to survive in this planet, the parents educate their children. But not all the students pass the exam. In that scenario who is responsible for the failure? Guardian, child or the institute. Nobody can directly blame the student for the failure. Some other factors play crucial role in its failure. Obsolete syllabus is the major cause of lack in quality education. Everything has an expiration date, but the educational system of Pakistan is same as it was decades ago. Pakistan education department should revamp the educational system.

The lack of skills in faculty members is also caused to reduce the efficiency. Recruitment on the merit basis is needed to improve the standards of education.
Some teachers are meant to discourage the students. They don’t care how the student perform; the teacher will always criticize. Albert Einstein wrote, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Human mind can be trained in different ways. Some candidates are good at Math on the other hand, some perform well in Arts. So, teachers shouldn’t criticize for their innate abilities. Some students waste their time in co-curricular activities. These types of students don’t find education interesting and spend most of their time in irrelevant activities.

Over-confidence of students also leads to failure. A few students think that they are super-intelligent they can conquer exam in one night sometimes refers as “Chand Raat”. In case, somehow, they succeed in the exam, they are still a burden on the economy. A few students under-estimate themselves and it is also bad for the mental growth of the children. This can lead to psychological issues in long term.

Does it worth becoming C++ developer in 2020?

C++ Programming

Development is an easy task due to advancement and availability of several IDE’s and tools. In most cases you probably don’t need to remember the syntax, you don’t need to design the interfaces from scratch. In case none of the template matches the required ones’, then use drag and drop tools to create interface. The story begins with “Hello World!”, and never ends. In recent years the Software Development is more like drag and drop.

First, ask yourself, what you want to do in your life? If you want to earn money in shortest possible time, if you want to develop a small-scale application such as Windows apps or Android apps; then probably C++ is not for you. These tasks can be easily achieved in C# or JAVA. On the other hand, the direction of your dreams is to implement Search Engine, algorithm design, database, robotics or server applications, then obviously your choice should be none other than C++.

Why Google is Better than any Other Teacher

Google Search Engine

The standards of Education are not only dependent on Teacher’s qualification; but on the environment, behavior of teachers and students, syllabus and the methods of teaching. Google is accessible to everyone, anytime and anywhere. A student should not worry about the time when the (teacher) will be available to teach me. Teachers have its own way of teaching, if you are studying in the form of group or class, then you must compromise one way or other.

Teaching – as a business; for most of the teachers it is the highly paying business. It doesn’t mean they should not charge for their time and effort. But, in most cases, they don’t care if students are learning or not until they are getting paid. Learning cure important when we talk efficient and effective education. Everyone has different pace to grasp novelistic things. Google is the best, here things can be learned on individual’s own pace.

Google may not be able to replace human beings, but it is worth giving chance. Learning things by reading articles, watching visual depiction and looking on others work. It doesn’t mean teachers are useless in the 21st century but, self-learning is gradually replacing it.

Importance of Time Management to Secure Good Grades

To Do Diary for Effective Time Management

Time management is one of the important elements of student life. Anyone can get 100 out of 100 with little dedication and proper time management. In order to secure good grades, a pupil must make sure follow the proper schedule and cover everything in given timeframe. Routine is one of the most important aspect of your education. Without proper timetable you cannot study efficiently and effectively. You should be on your study place every single day.

Weekly Planner
Weekly Planner

In order to track your performance, you must journal your weekly plans, so you don’t get yourself off the track. Your journal can include goals of the day, objectives of the week or the target of the month; such as today I’ll cover 1st chapter of the geography. A good student should never overestimate nor underestimate himself. Overestimation will lead to arrogance, on the other hand underestimation will leads to depression, anxiety or inferior complexity. So that a moderate approach should be adopted by a student. Smart study is extremely important to get good grades in formal education. Syllabus and outlines designed by the institute must be closely observed to maintain proper schedule.

You have got limited time to read the book or cover the topic. After that the assessment must should be made to ensure grip on the topic and don’t flow outside the topic. Student can get an idea, how the examiner is going to ask the questions from the Past papers. Assessment can be helpful to track down the performance; past papers can work as mock exam. One eye should be on the deadline, anyone can solve the algebraic question and get “A” grade. However, If a student attempt exam without covering syllabus or without practice. This won’t help him in securing good grades.