Our literacy rate is 34 to 37 per cent and the standard of education is lower than in western countries. There are many factors for this problem but the main one is that the annual education budget of Pakistan is very low.
The government should enhance the expenditure for the educational sector to increase the socio-economic development. It should focus on higher education. The current expenditure in the higher education sector is 0.18 percent which is less than regional countries. Also, we have to prioritise our education to compete with other developing countries.
IBAD AHMED
Karachi