Pakistan: Information on the language(s) of instruction at Gulberg Primary School and/or Gulberg High School in Lahore from 1965-1975, on the languages spoken in the classrooms, and on whether either or both schools were set up to accommodate Bengali-speaking children in particular
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PAK28191.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Pakistan: Information on the language(s) of instruction at Gulberg Primary School and/or Gulberg High School in Lahore from 1965-1975, on the languages spoken in the classrooms, and on whether either or both schools were set up to accommodate Bengali-speaking children in particular, 1 November 1997, PAK28191.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab808.html [accessed 26 January 2017] |
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Information on the language(s) of instruction at Gulberg Primary School and/or Gulberg High School in Lahore from 1965-1975, on the languages spoken in the classrooms, and on whether either or both schools were set up to accommodate Bengali-speaking children in particular could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
The following information may be of interest, however.
According to the 1992 Encyclopedia of the Third World, English is the medium of instruction "at all levels of private schools and from the secondary level in public schools" (1483). However, Richard Nyrop in Pakistan: A Country Study (1984) states that although 1979 and 1983 decrees made Urdu the language of instruction, due to a "lack of adequately trained teachers," implementation of Urdu instruction has been "hampered" (1984, 125). Nyrop further adds that English is the language of instruction in private schools (ibid. 1984, 126).
According to Encyclopedia of the Third World, Pakistan's schooling system consists of five years at primary school, three in middle school and four in high school (1992, 1483). Pakistan: A Country Study, however, describes the schooling system slightly differently: primary school (grades one through five), middle school (grades six through eight), high school (grades nine and 10), intermediate school (grades 11 and 12) and "higher degree programs" (13, 14, and above) (Nyrop 1984, 125). The "tertiary" level of schooling consists of two years intermediate, two years undergraduate and three years postgraduate courses (Encyclopedia of the Third World 1992, 1483).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Encyclopedia of the Third World. 1992. 4th ed. Vol. 2. Edited by George Thomas Kurian. New York: Facts on File.
Pakistan: A Country Study. 1984. Edited by Richard F. Nyrop. Washington, DC: Secretary of the Army.
Additional Sources Consulted
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives. 1989.
The Europa World Year Book 1997. 1997.
Jamal's Yellow Pages of Pakistan. (WWW)
Pakistan: A Travel Survival Kit. April 1993.
The World of Learning 1997. 1997.
Electronic sources: Internet, IRB Databases.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact one oral source.
