Social Class and Poverty:Introduction:

In Pakistan, discrimination has become a common evil that basically stems from this so-called class difference.In Pakistan, where people are living at two extremes, it has grown to be very difficult to eliminate discrimination. Nevertheless, it is difficult but not impossible to put an end to this social evil which is gearing up a wide gulf between people and is producing ahatred in their hearts.Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.PLATO Greek philosopher (427-347 B.C.)

Discrimination has become a common trend in our society and exists in various forms. People who have established a high position in society by means of their wealth do not even have a single feeling of liking for those who are called 'the poor'.Rich people are not even ready to consider the poor human beings because they thing themselves superior to anyone else. They behave with downtrodden class in a humiliating way. This disgusting behaviour of the rich generates a feeling of hatred in the hearts of the poor and stretches the gap between these two classes.People who fall into the category called 'middle class' always try to support the rich in order to get importance from them. They also try to avoid downtrodden class for showing their superior position.

Problems Due to Social Class Differences:

This discrimination cannot be witnessed better than visiting any government department. The officials or staff of different government departments always prefer rich people and behave them in a humble way or even like a servant.However, when they come across a poor man, they take a reverse gear and become superior to them and behave with them in an unbearable manner. The rich in Pakistan also have the right to do whatever they want and they do not even pay any heed to the law of the land. They think that the biggest power is money and it is in their hands, so they do anything they want and shut the mouth of officials with their money.On the other hand, when a poor man commits a mistake, no matter is intentional or unintentional, he receives severe punishment from the so-called police department in Pakistan, which seems to be formed to protect the rich. In Pakistan, Law is practically applied to the poor not to the rich.Education Differences: An overviewEducation is a right; not a privilege.Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. (NELSON MANDELA) Being a free citizen every individual has the right to live,speak,write etc.It is the prime responsibility of a government to ensure that all citizens get the basic fundamental rights of citizen at their doorstep. Education is considered as the cheapest defense of a nation. The Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan says: The state of Pakistan shall remove illiteracy and provide free and compulsory secondary education within minimum possible period.Literacy rate: 49.9%educated populace (Human development Report Pakistan) placed at 136th position for having just. The primary completion rate in Pakistan, given by Date Centre ofUNESCO, is 33.8% in females and 47.18% in males, which shows that people in the 6th largest country of the world are unable to get the basic education

Education system in Pakistan is one of the major reasons for this discrimination as the children of rich families study at private schools which the children of poor families cannot afford. They go to the government schools where the education system has become completely outdated. When these students complete their education and go out for job, the employers also prefer those children who have an English Medium background and who have studied at famous private schools. Take an example government schools 54% of our population never went to school. About 46 % are enrolled in Public schools. Most of these schools have large premises however lacked the facilities of electricity, water and sanitation. Even some are ghost schools and don't even exist yet the funds are utilized by the authorized personnels. People unsatisfied with such situation of Public schools, cannot admit their wards to Private schools since the tuition fees are quite high as compared to public schools.Reason Unequal education system Different medium of instruction in Public and private sector Regional disparity (standard of education varies in different provinces of Pakistan) In FATA, the literacy rate is deplorable constituting 29.5% in males and 3% in females

Gender discrimination: primary school ratio of boys & girls which is10:4 respectively. lack of technical education The allocation of funds for education are very low. It is only 1.5 to 2.0 percent of the total GDP. Untrained and non-professional teachers