Problems in Education of Pakistan

Education in Pakistan ___________________________________________ Pakistan has some of the
worst education indicators globally: • Pakistan has the world’s second highest number of children out of
school, reaching 5.1 million in 2010. This is equivalent to 1 in 12 of the world’s out-of-school children. •
Two-thirds of Pakistan’s out of school children are girls, amounting to over 3 million girls out of school. •
From 1999 to 2010, the primary net enrolment ratio rose from 58% to 74%. But the ratio for girls is still
14 percentage points behind the ratio for boys, leaving only eight girls to every ten boys in primary
school. • 49.5 million adults are illiterate, two-thirds are women. This is the third largest globally. •
Projections indicate that the number of illiterate adults will increase to 51 million by 2015. • The country
ranks 113 out of 120 countries in the Education Development Index. Pakistan’s spending on education is
very low, and has decreased: • Pakistan has reduced spending on education from 2.6% of gross national
product (GNP) in 1999 to 2.3% of GNP in 2010. • In 2010, the country allocated only 10% of government
spending on education. • Pakistan spends around 7 times more on the military than on primary
education. Pakistan has amongst the widest education inequalities in the world: • In 2007, one quarter
of 7-16-year-olds had never been to school, with wide variations by region, wealth status and gender. •
While only 17% had never been to school in Punjab, 25% were in the same situation in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa and 37% in Balochistan. • Poorest girls are most disadvantaged in all three provinces, with
over half never having been to school. • In Swat District, only around 1 in 3 of girls are in school.
Education forAll Global Monitoring Report Percentage of 7-16 year olds who have never been to school
Pakistan, 2007 World Inequality Database on Education: www.education-inequalities.org/ The long term
effect of neglecting children’s education is: There is a huge skills deficit among young Pakistanis now
facing the world of work • Over one in three young people in Pakistan have not completed primary
school and, as a result, do not have the basic skills they need for work. • Equivalent to a total of 12
million 15 to 24 year olds lack basic skills, which is the second highest number in developing countries.
Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are least likely to have skills for decent jobs: • While
over 70% of the richest young men and women have completed lower secondary school, only 16% of
the poorest young men and fewer than 5% of the poorest young women have done so • Nearly half of
rural young women in the country have not had the chance to go to school, compared with only 14% of
urban young women. Not getting skills affects young people for life: • While 8% of men are not in the
labour force, the figure for women is 69%. • Men earn 60% more than women, on average. The wage
gap is widest for those with low levels of literacy and numeracy. • Yet education can make a big
difference to women’s earnings. Women with a high level of literacy earn 95% more than women with
no literacy skills, whereas the differential was only 33% among men.
Problems in Education of Pakistan

Education is considered as the cheapest defense of a nation. But the down trodden
condition of education in Pakistan bears an ample testimony of the fact that it is unable
to defend its own sector. Though 62 years have been passed and 23 policies and action
plans have been introduced yet the educational sector is waiting for an arrival of a
savior. The government of Pervaiz Musharraf invested heavily in education sector and
that era saw a visible positive educational change in Pakistani society. Now a days, the
economic situation in Pakistan is under stress and education is the worse effected
sector in Pakistan. The Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan says,
“The state of Pakistan shall remove illiteracy and provide free and compulsory
secondary education within minimum possible period.”
In Human development Report Pakistan is placed at 136th position for having just
49.9% educated populace. The primary completion rate in Pakistan, given by Date
Center of UNESCO, is 33.8% in females and 47.18% in males, which shows that people
in the 6th largest country of the world are unable to get the basic education.
Problems in Education
Following are the problems in education in Pakistan.

1. Education System is based on
Unequal Lines
The educational system of Pakistan is based on unequal lines. Medium of education is
different in both, public and private sector. This creates a sort of disparity among
people, dividing them into two segments.
2. Regional Disparity
Regional disparity is also a major cause. The schools in Baluchistan (The Largest
Province Of Pakistan By Area) are not that much groomed as that of Punjab (The
Largest Province Of Pakistan By Population). In FATA, the literacy rate is deplorable
constituting 29.5% in males and 3% in females.
3. Ratio of Gender Discrimination
The ratio of gender discrimination is a cause which is projecting the primary school ratio
of boys & girls which is 10:4 respectively. For the last few years there has been an
increase in the growth of private schools. That not only harms the quality of education
but creates a gap among haves and has not.
4. Lack of Technical Education
The lack of technical education is a biggest flaw in the educational policy that has never
been focused before. Therefore, less technical people mean less.
5. Funds
The allocation of funds for education is very low. It is only 1.5 to 2.0 percent of the total
GDP. It should be around 7% of the total GDP.
6. Untrained Teachers
The teachers in government schools are not well trained. People who do not get job in
any other sector, they try their luck in educational system. They are not professionally
trained teachers so they are unable to train a nation.
7. Poverty
Poverty is also another factor that restricts the parents to send their children to public or
private schools. So, they prefer to send their children to madrassas where education is
totally free.
Recently, minister of education announced a new Education policy for that next 10

years. The interesting thing is that the previous educational policy from 1998 to 2010 is
still not expired. Although it is projected to give new plans and to make more promises
with the nation. It is said in this policy that all the public schools will be raised up to the
level of private schools. No plan of action have been discussed, yet a notice is issued to
private schools to induct government course in 5th and 8th class and these classes will
bound to take board exams. This disturbed the students of private sector also.
Solutions for Educational System

Estimating the value of education, the Government should take solid steps on this issue.
Implementation instead of projecting policies should be focused on. Allocation of funds
should be made easy from provinces to districts and then to educational institutes.
Workshops must be arranged for teachers. Foreign states are using LSS system. This
should be inducted in Pakistani schools to improve the hidden qualities of children.
Technical education must be given to all the classes. The education board of Punjab
has projected a plan to give tech- education to the children of industrial workers.
Promotion of the primary education is the need of time. Teachers, professors and
educationists should be consulted while devising any plan, syllabus or policy. The state
seems to give up her responsibility and totally relying on private sector. The need of
time is to bring education in its original form to masses. Burdening students with so
much books will not work as he will not understand what the world is going to do next
moment. Education is the only cure of the instability in the state and can bring revolution
through evolution, by eradicating the social evils. This is how to remove illiteracy in
Pakistan.

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Education in Pakistan ___________________________________________ Pakistan has some of the

Problems in Education of Pakistan

Recently, minister of education announced a new Education policy for that next 10

Solutions for Educational System

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