Private schools in Pakistan are under the bus off and on due to numerous reasons. Sometimes due to their fee structures but most of the times, it is due to the curriculum they are teaching to students. This time, it is Beaconhouse School System people are after.
Pakistani Twitter space trended #BoycottBeaconhouse on social media while accusing the school of treason against Pakistan.
It All Started With the Emergence of An Exam Students Were Given In Class
The question highlighted calls India victorious over Pakistan in the 1965 and 1971 wars respectively.
https://twitter.com/DonateForDams/status/1046827793588346880
The School Was Then Accused of Brainwashing Pakistani Youth While Fulfilling the Indian Narrative
Pakistanis also demanded the current government to take a look at this matter.
Huge handler of Indian filthy narrative in Pakistan, Beacon House School System is brainwashing Pakistani youngsters against Pakistan.
It is terrorism, It's part of 5th generation war tactics!#BoycottBeaconHouse pic.twitter.com/yD6fcSFnKH— Ahmad Hussain Yusafzai_AHY (@CharteredActnt) October 1, 2018
The Outrage Got #BoycottBeaconhouse To Trend on Twitter
Instead of reminding our youth that India is occupying our jugular vein and using "Indian occupied Pakistan" Beacan house is working on enemy's agenda.#BoycottBeaconHouse pic.twitter.com/x5NV5ZBbLw
— Ammara Mehdi (@ammaraYounas_TG) October 1, 2018
Alongside This, People Started Questioning How a Non-Muslim’s Writing of Pakistan Studies Is Being Taught to Students in Pakistan
‘Anti-Muslim and Anti-Islam’ was used to highlight the author of the book.
#BoycottBeaconHouse
The books taught in these schools are written by Anti-Pakistan Anti-Islam writers. pic.twitter.com/6CyDZyKWh2— Ahmad Hussain Yusafzai_AHY (@CharteredActnt) October 1, 2018
And Also Because It Is Written by a ‘Non-Pakistan’…
#BoycottBeaconHouse
So non Pakistanis know better about Pakistan's history … ? pic.twitter.com/qHjXft00l7— Nayab Khax (@NayabKhaxx) October 1, 2018
And Here’s More!
https://twitter.com/MaryamMasood80/status/1046761723057917953
Eventually, People Started Speaking On How This Hashtag is Total Bogus and a Narrative Against the School Itself
this hashtag is so funny, they are asking to ban a school because of O level Pakistan curriculum which asked why india won 1971 war from Pakistan. I say our next generation should know the answer why state of Pakistan failed in 1971 #BoycottBeaconHouse
— Zameer Maan (@ZameerMaan) October 1, 2018
One Said How This Line of Questioning Allows Students to Analyze and Comprehend As Per Their Own Understanding
The O level practices allow students to give answers in their own understanding, typically something which is not practiced in the BISE system, implementing how students have the liberty to answer questions like these as per their knowledge.
#BoycottBeaconHouse bogus trend of La la land – only cz question paper asks why pakistan lost two wars. It is about critical thinking let the kids explore, find answers and analyze.
— salma jafar (@Chiltan) October 1, 2018
Sara Taseer, Whose Family Is Deeply Associated with Beaconhouse System Finally Spoke On It As Well
We lost half the country in 1971, how on earth are we going to lie to #Pakistani youth and paint it as a victory. Stop living in la la land. Learn to face reality and cut this #BoycottBeaconHouse nonsense out. pic.twitter.com/2G9JBQttwu
— Sara Taseer (@sarataseer) October 1, 2018
The school has yet to pass an official statement regarding this fiasco. Beaconhouse has previously managed to save themselves from all the outrage (remember they dissed Punjabi as a language?) they experienced, but let’s see how they address this one.
