Bullying, Rote Learning & Parenting | The Truth About Pakistan’s Education System

Pakistan’s education system continues to struggle despite multiple boards, reforms, and constant changes. But the real problem is not only syllabus or exams — it is parenting, empathy, emotional safety, and culture.

In this full podcast episode, I am joined by Khawaja Muhammad Asim, Director of Adabistan-e-Soophia School, for an honest and necessary conversation about what is truly going wrong in education.

This discussion goes far beyond textbooks.

🔍 In this episode, we discuss:

Why Pakistan’s education system feels unsuccessful despite reforms

Rote learning vs critical thinking and its long-term impact

IB vs Cambridge vs Matric — what actually teaches children to think

Why empathy, counseling, and emotional safety are missing in schools

How bullying is learned at home and repeated in classrooms

Trauma children carry from homes into schools

Emotional exhaustion faced by teachers

Why parents often remain in denial about their child’s behavior

Why education cannot heal a society with emotionally unsafe homes

Conscious parenting and the responsibility of raising sons with empathy

Preparing couples emotionally for marriage — long before wedding rituals

The core message of this episode is simple but uncomfortable:
Real change begins at home — with listening, accountability, and emotional responsibility.

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Bullying, Rote Learning & Parenting | The Truth About Pakistan’s Education System

00:00 Introduction
02:06 Guest introduction
03:34 Why Pakistan’s education system is failing
04:50 Multiple education systems in Pakistan
05:50 IB vs Cambridge vs Matric
06:38 Rote learning vs thinking skills
14:50 Education, faith, and empathy
17:40 Why empathy is missing
18:27 Illness, exams, and lack of compassion
26:40 What IB really focuses on
35:46 Culture, materialism, and parenting
40:00 Bullying starts at home
41:00 Bullying at every age
43:34 Verbal abuse and trauma
45:48 Limits of schools and counseling needs
46:48 Emotional safety at home
47:17 Parenting sons and future marriages
48:48 Words children never forget
49:32 Marriage without emotional education
1:07:16 Relationships and realism
1:08:14 Signs of a healthy husband
1:17:53 Closing reflections