From Grades To Graves: The Emotional And Ethical Collapse Of Schooling In Pakistan—A Case Study Of Danish School Nankana Sahib

Abstract

Education is fundamentally a moral journey of human formation, not an industrial process. Yet, a dangerous transformation has occurred in many schools, where students are treated as production units, teachers as performance agents, and grades as output metrics. This study investigates the ethical and operational breakdown within a government-managed educational institution, Daanish School Nankana Sahib, by applying the Ethical Supply Chain Management (SCM) lens. Through qualitative narrative analysis and grounded ethical theory (Gioia methodology), the research uncovers systemic dysfunction in governance, teacher conduct, and performance evaluation. The findings reveal how an obsessive focus on grades, psychological coercion, and managerial apathy can lead to the emotional trauma and degradation of a child's confidence, distorting the moral foundation of learning. The paper argues that the integrity of the educational process hinges on ethical supply chain resilience and proposes a practical Ethical Educational Supply Chain Framework to restore transparency, empathy, and accountability in institutional systems.