The writer is Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning at the UN.

EDUCATION has been recognised as a fundamental human right for more than half a century now. Yet, millions of children still can’t go to school, and some risk their life when they do.

Beyond the outrage and just condemnation, stories such as those of Malala Yousafzai are...

How we can learn from ASER for leaving no one behind in education post-2015 In the aftermath of the tragic attack on a school in Peshawar, killing over one hundred children who were merely realizing their right to go to school, the results of the latest Annual Status of Education Report survey in Pakistan launched today turn the spotlight to an on-going simmering catastrophe that is affect...

The writer is an adviser at ASER Pakistan and professor of International Education at the University of Cambridge

In the aftermath of the tragic attack on a school in Peshawar, killing over 100 children, who were merely realising their right to go to school, the results of the latest ASER survey turn the spotlight to an ongoing simmering catastrophe that is affecting millions of chil...

In rural Pakistan, 58 per cent students in grade five cannot read a grade-two sentence in English. This percentage was 57 in 2013.

ISLAMABAD: Despite having the highest rate of enrolment in the country, the quality of education imparted in the schools of the federal capital is among the lowest in the country. More than half of the students in Islamabad’s schools cannot read a complete sentence in English, while nearly one-third have trouble with simple arithmetic and about half cannot read or comprehend stories ...

21pc children still out of school

Islamabad - About 21 per cent of Pakistan’s children aged between 6 to 16 years still remain out of school and the remaining 79 per cent that are enrolled in the same age bracket are not learning much.

The recent focus of the federal and provincial governments on enrolment drives under Article 25-A of the Constitution is mere rhetoric, as 21 percent of Pakistan's children aged 6-16 still remain out of school, says the Annual Status of Education Report - ASER 2014 National Survey.

ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday said that government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would reach on final solution on the judicial commission and all other matters through dialogue soon.

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Islamabad - Idara Taleem-o-Aagahi held a policy dialogue on the political economy of learning and right to education in wake of Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2014.

چھ سے سولہ سال کے تمام بچوں کو تعلیم کا بنیادی حق دیا جائے۔مقر رین

ملک کے 49 فیصد سرکاری تعلیمی ادارے بیت الخلاء کی سہولت سے محروم ہیں

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AN incurable optimist once commented that the good thing about hitting rock bottom is that you than have to move upwards

SINCE 2008 the Annual State of Education Report (Aser) has emerged as an annual exercise which is impatiently awaited. Mainly focusing on children’s learning levels in school in the rural areas, Aser is now recognised as a fairly accurate assessment of the quality of education in Pakistan