Education Flashcards
Liiiteracy rate
62.8 in 2021 compared to 62.4 in 2019 labour force survey
Province wise literacy rate
Punjab 66.3% sindh61.8% kpk 55.1, baloushistan 54.5%
Out of school rate
32% total male 27% female 37% palm 2019
Allocation of budget
44.72 billion us dollars fy 2023
Universities
247
Enrolment rate
53.86 million enrolment 20- 21
Number Of institution
275.6 thousand institution
GDP spending
only 1.77
per cent of GDP
Out of school
Statistics from the World Bank show that of the 22 million out-of-school children in Pakistan, 12m are girls.
Learning outcomes across provinces
statistics from ASER 2021 show that learning outcomes remain poorest for Sindh, closely followed by Balochistan. This finding is mirrored in LFS 2021 which shows that 56pc people in Balochistan, and 46pc people in Sindh cannot read a simple sentence in any language with understanding.
Infrastructure indaquate
The recent cable car incident at Battagram highlights the hypocrisy of living in a country where on the one hand, inadequate infrastructure in poorer districts puts lives of school-going children at great risk;
Rate of graduate employment
a country where around 31pc of university graduates are unemployed, lack of opportunities becomes a major cause of brain drain.
Spending on education
Only 14 of 195 countries spend less on education than Pakistan