ABSTRACT

The discourse of secular and religious education is very common in Pakistan. This discourse has been an academic concern for all of those working in the field of sociology of education across the boundaries. This study mainly focuses to explore how and when the discourse of secular and religious education emerged in Pakistan. Furthermore, this study also intends to unearth the major reasons behind this divide of education into secular and religious. Exploring the discourse of secular-religious education in Pakistan, this study uses interpretive paradigm which guides qualitative methodology. Using purposive sampling technique, a sample of 50 respondents (comprises of 25 school/college/university teachers and 25 madrassa teachers/alims) was selected for data collection. Interview guide was used as tool of data collection for in depth interviews with the respondents from across the KP province. The key theoretical insights come for this study from post colonialism to explore the question: how and why the secular-religious discourse of education emerged and what are the major causes of this discourse. The study findings suggest that ideological differences, misunderstanding of modern education, political differentiation among Muslim scholars, and lack of interest to understand secular education have given birth to the secular-religious discourse of education in Pakistan. Keywords: Secular-religious discourse, school-madrassa education, post-colonialism
Publication date: 01/05/2020

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.5.5049