PAKISTAN: 6 million children out of school

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“Over six million children are out of school in Pakistan. This puts Pakistan as the country with the third highest number of out-of-school children in the world, according to UNESCO’s EFA Global Report 2008. Less than 60% of the total adult population in Pakistan, along with India and Bangladesh, can read and write with understanding.

There are many factors that hamper quality education in Pakistan, including crowded classrooms, poor school infrastructure, inadequate learning environments, shortage of teachers and even greater shortage of trained teachers. On a more positive note, the report finds that Pakistan is among 36 countries where the survival rate (not enrolment rate) of girls to the last grade of primary school is higher than boys.”

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