Pakistan, July 3 -- By Mobeen Arshad

Education should be about liberation not competition. But in our academic culture, it often feels like the only students who matter are those at the top of the merit list. In this article, I want to highlight a forgotten majority: the average and below-average students who continue to show up, struggle, and slowly grow yet are rarely celebrated for their efforts.

These students often face invisible battles from financial pressure and family expectations to internalized self-doubt. Our education system, unfortunately, tends to define them permanently by their past scores rather than their present growth. This mindset not only shatters confidence but also causes long-term emotional and psychological ha...