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69 Because of textbooks containing discourses originating in other countries as well as exposure to cable TV, fiction from Western countries and grownups who are exposed to other discourses, children from such schools tend to be more tolerant of the ‗Other‘ --- be it religious, the West or India --- and less supportive of militant policies in Kashmir than their counterparts in other schools. The present survey is on 116 students, 62 males and 52 females, of the average age of 15 who are in class-10 (O‘ level) in schools of Islamabad and Lahore charging a tuition fees of at least Rs 2,500 per month. Most of them belong to the upper-middle and the upper classes (see Annexure-1 for details). Besides what the students have written, an indicator of their socio-economic background is the exorbitant tuition fees their parents pay; their dress (Western and expensive); their lifestyle (travelling in cars, eating out, going to concerts, celebrating birthdays with parties and expensive gifts etc), and the houses they live in (modern, expensive, urban). They do not support militant policies as the following figures indicate: Box 4.13 Militancy Among Elitist English-medium School Students (N=116) (In percentages). What should be Pakistan‘s priorities? Yes No Don‘t Know 1. Take Kashmir away from India by an open war? 25.86 64.66 9.48 2. Take Kashmir away from India by supporting Jihadi group to fight with the Indian army? 3. Support Kashmir cause through peaceful means only (i.e. no open war or sending Jihadi groups are on the line of Control) 22.41 60.34 17.24 72.41 18.97 8.62 Source: Annexure-2. Figures do not add up correctly because some students ticked ‗Yes‘ for questions 1 and/or 2 as well as ‗Yes‘ to 3 which is contradictory. They are also more tolerant of religious minorities and more supportive of giving equal rights to women than their counterparts in the Urdu-medium schools and the madrassas.
70 Box 4.14 Tolerance Among Elitist English-medium School Students (N=116) (In percentages) What should be Pakistan‘s priorities? Yes No Don‘t Know 1. Gives equal rights to Ahmedis in all jobs etc? 65.52 9.48 25.00 2. Give equal rights to Pakistani Hindus in all jobs? 3. Give equal right to Pakistani Christians in all jobs etc? 4. Given equal rights men and women as in Western countries? Source: Annexure-2 78.45 13.79 7.76 83.62 8.62 7.76 90.52 6.03 3.45 The teachers of these schools, who happen to be mostly women, are also supportive of a peaceful foreign policy but are not as tolerant of religious minorities as their students. Box 4.15 Militancy and Tolerance Among Elitist English-medium School Teachers N= 65 (Number = No.)(F= 47; M=18) (in percentages) Abbreviated Questions Yes No Don‘t Know (1) Open War 26.15 64.62 9.23 (2) Jihadi Groups 38.46 50.77 10.77 (3) Peaceful means 60.00 33.85 6.15 (4) Ahmedis 43.07 36.92 20.00 (5) Hindus 61.54 26.15 12.31 (6) Christians 81.54 10.77 7.69 (7) Women 78.46 13.85 7.69 NB: Figures for (3) are uninterpretable because some respondents ticked opinion (1) and/or (2) while also ticking (3). For details see Annexure-2.
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