TEACHERS PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF COURSE CONTENTS AND TEACHERS-STUDENTS’ INTERACTIONS IN REDUCING INTOLERANCE IN THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS OF BALOCHISTAN

Abstract

Intolerance is a challenging issue in Pakistan. Every other day the events of intolerance are evident in the country. The people quarrel and even kill to one another on very tiny issues. The frustrated folk deal with dissents in antagonized way. In this way the responsibility of the state is increasing to work on this end and struggle to minimize this menace. In this connection the schools are the most important and relevant forums to deal with this danger. So, this was the reason when this study was pursued to explore the role of government schools in reducing intolerance through courses contents and the teachers-students’ interactions. For this study the qualitative research method was employed and the data was collected from well-informed educationists, senior school teachers, and the education officers. The result concluded that the curriculum and courses contents are not that much effective to mitigate the intensity of intolerance in the society, so, they need to be restructured to include the materials consisting of stories regarding tolerance promotion. Moreover, it was found that the teachers are not more trained and competent to teach the students in professional way so that to enhance the peace level. Furthermore, it was found that the injustice, violation of merit, distrust on law and judiciary, the misinterpretation of religion and lack of emotional development are the prominent causes triggering intolerance within the society.