‘Thanks to Allah’, as our cricketers would say, “Just 40.1 per cent of the 5-16 age group [schoolchildren in Pakistan] could do two-digit subtraction sums (with carry) whereas a mere 23.6 per cent were able to do three-digit division sums. Only 41.8 per cent could read a sentence in Urdu or their mother tongue (English is a far cry). Far fewer could read a story,” reve...
Education crisis
PAKISTAN seems to invest its limited resources in pursuits of all sorts other than those aimed at educating the next generation....
Education Standard: The Government View
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People power key to free and compulsory education
ISLAMABAD:People should show social responsibility and press politicians, policymakers and educators to ensure provision of free and compulsory education to children under Article 25-A of the Constitution....
How India learnt Lesson from data on Education
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Education & enrollment: ‘We need to ensure teachers actually go to the classes
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Crash Courses for out-of-school children planned
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Danish Schools, laptops usurp right to education?
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The status of education in Pakistan
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Making the Case for Quality Education for All in Pakistan
Pakistan is slowly getting serious about education, and not before time. The country faces significant challenges; huge disparities in education opportunities—particularly for the rural poor and girls—poor quality education, low enrollment and completion rates, high drop-out rates and low levels of transition to secondary education. The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), a citizen-led h...
