KARACHI: A recent study paints a gloomy picture of Pakistan’s education sector and claims that as many as 44 percent children between five and 16 are still out of school and probably never went to one ever.
The statistics further reveal that 21 percent primary schools in the country are being run by a single teacher while 14 percent have only one room.
These bitter facts were revealed in the Pakistan Education Statistic 2015-16 launched by the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS), a subsidiary of the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training – on Wednesday.
The report says that out of the children who start school, only 30 percent children remain enrolled from class 1 till 10th.
Balochistan has the highest rate of literacy followed by FATA.
As regards to schools’ infrastructure, 40 percent public sector primary schools were operating without electricity, 28 percent did not have toilets, 25 percent were without boundary walls and 29pc had no access to drinking water. While 7pc schools did not have any building and 43pc had unsatisfactory buildings.
