The Madrasa Myth

Khwaja, Asim; Andrabi, Tahir; Das, Jishnu; Fair, Christine (2009)

Citation

Khwaja, Asim, Tahir Andrabi, Jishnu Das, and Christine Fair. 2009. “The Madrasa Myth”. Foreign Policy, Aug 27 2009.
Abstract
On May 3, 2009 the New York Times published a lengthy description of Pakistan's education system. The article, like so many before it, rehearsed a well-known narrative in which government schools are failing while madrasas are multiplying, providing a modicum of education for Pakistan's poorest children.