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Pakistan's education sector in crisis as funding drops, learning outcomes
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
A government report highlights a severe crisis in Pakistan's education system, with over 25 million children out of school and most ten-year-olds unable to read properly. Low government spending, weak policies, and poor learning resources continue to affect education quality across the count
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Over 26 million Pakistani children out of school despite improvements in i
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
A report by Dawn reveals 26.2 million Pakistani children are out of school. While girls' completion rates and school infrastructure have improved, declining funding and a 24 per cent female labour force participation rate remain major hurdles. Officials are now developing an "Action Plan" to
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Pakistan's education crisis deepens as teachers, schools' bodies reject pa
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Teachers' bodies and private school associations across Pakistan strongly criticised the government's education strategy on International Education Day, calling it short-sighted and harmful to learning. The organisations said falling enrolment and shrinking public school infrastructure show
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Pakistani families forced to fund education as state falls behind
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a new report launched at a national policy dialogue families spent an estimated PKR 2.8 trillion on education, overtaking the government's allocation of Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 2.23 trillion.
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Pak: Major delays hit PM Youth Laptop Scheme Phase 4; poor planning, forex
Updated : 2 months ago IST
As per the documents, the effort to purchase 100,000 laptops could not be finished within the sanctioned timeframe. As per the documents, the effort to purchase 100,000 laptops could not be finished within the sanctioned timeframe.
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Pakistan: Punjab's education sector marred by turmoil, setbacks in 2025
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The outgoing year 2025 has been described as one of the most challenging periods for the education sector in Pakistan's Punjab province, with teachers' bodies and educationists claiming that the public education system remained largely paralysed amid protests, privatisation and policy uncert
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Pakistan's fear of clerics dooms Madrassa reforms
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Sindh-based writer and educator Assadullah Channa, in his article published in Pakistan Observer, has criticised Pakistan's repeated failures to reform its madrassa education system, calling it a "chronic national weakness rooted in clerical dominance and political cowardice."
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Pakistan: Education crisis deepens as government schools crumble and priva
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to Dawn, members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education, chaired by MNA Shazia Sobia Aslam Soomro, expressed alarm over the absence of basic amenities in many public schools, including clean drinking water, toilets, and functional classrooms.
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Pakistan's Tharparkar region struggles to educate girls amidst school shor
Updated : 1 year ago IST
With a population of 1.8 million, the district has limited educational facilities, and the ones that exist are mostly concentrated in urban areas. The News International reported that a large number of girls are compelled to attend boys' schools due to the absence of girls' schools in their
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Collapse threatens Swat district as 80 per cent of school infrastructure r
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Up to 80 per cent of government school buildings in Swat district, Pakistan, are deemed unsafe, risking the safety of students and staff. Many structures are in poor condition, and recent incidents highlight the urgent need for reconstruction and rehabilitation of the educational infrastruct
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Pakistan: Educational crisis deepens as over a dozen girls' schools close
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
In the Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, approximately twelve government schools for girls are closed, and most primary schools for girls have been operating with just one teacher since January 2023.
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Pakistan: Education in schools halted as teachers in Rawalpindi call for s
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Education in schools in Rawalpindi has come to a halt, as the Grand Teachers Alliance has called upon a citywide strike over the concerns faced by teaching professionals.
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