Education Policies and Changing Trends of Madrassa Reforms in Pakistan: A Case Study of Musharraf Regime

Abstract

Education Policy is devised to regulate the education system according to the exigencies of time to
get the required outcome. Pakistan formulated various education policies to make her education
system more effective, especially madrassas education for the development of society. This study
intends to comprehend changing trends of madrassa reforms in education policies introduced since
independence of Pakistan. The Musharraf government took feasible measures to reform madrassa
education by introducing secular subjects with sufficient financial support. This reform scheme
became partial successful in improving education in madrassas. This study is based on primary and
secondary data, where the primary data is collected from policymakers. This research is informed
from discourse analysis and results shows that madrasas education is still ineffective due to gap
between theory and practice. This study recommends that effective policy measures to improve
education in madrassas should only be realized with the effective implementation of the promised
policy measures.