5. DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS 25,703
Capital city
• Islamabad
• Warsaw
Largest city
• Karachi p:42,400000
• Warsaw p:591,620
population
• 196,174,380
• 38,483,957(30 June 2014)
GDP per
capita
• $4,515
• $25,703
Primary
Language
• Urdu, English
• Polish
Literacy
rate
• 59%
• 99.8 %
6. Unemployment
Rate
• 6.600%
• 10.300%
Political System
• Federal Parlimentary Republic
• Parliamentary Republic
National Day
• 14 August, 1947
• Nov 11, 1918
Religion
• Islam
• Roman Catholic(2011)
Primary
Language
• Urdu, English
• Polish
Area
• 796,095 KM/sq
• 78,770 KM/sq
8. Poland’s Independent Day
Nov 11, 1918 after 124 years of partition
and oppression by the three contiguous
empires Austria, Germany and Russia.
Poland regained its independence.
9. GEOGRAPHY OF POLAND
The total area of Poland is 312,679 sq
KM(120,726 sq ml) making it the 71st largest
country in the world and the 9th largest in
Europe.
10. POPULATION OF POLAND
The total population of Poland is 38.5 million
people. Poland is the 34th most populous
country in the world, the sixth most populous
member of the EU.
12. Poland is the tenth most educated country
having 99.8%. Literacy rate of total
population in the world. Poland is one of
those countries having highest literacy rate.
13. Pakistan ranks at 113th among 120 countries
of the world having 59% literacy rate. It is
one of the countries with lowest literacy rate.
15. Pre primary school education is a part of the
formal system of education in Poland. There
is a well-established network of state pre-
schools that children may attend between
ages three and six. Formal school education
before age 7 is not compulsory but currently
97% of the nation children attend.
16. In Pakistan, Pre-school education start up to
the age of five mostly takes place in
nurseries and thus schools, which are run by
private sector. The traditional practice of
training a child at home, while in the pre
primary stage is increasingly giving way to
pre primary school, necessited in urban
areas in home where both the parents work
together and makes their children learning
skills better.
17. Primary and
secondary
education in Poland
Primary & secondary
Education in Poland
Primary school
6 years
Gymnasium 3 years
General lyceum
3 years
Specializ. lyceum
3 years
Technical school
4 years
Vocational school
2-3 years
Complementary
lyceum
Complementary
technical school
Maturity examination – maturity certificate
Post-secondary school
1-2.5 years
HIGHER
EDUCATION
18. Poland, primary education is
divided into two
cycles; the first cycle
(grade 1-3) at which beginning
learning is offered and the second
cycle (4-6) at which systematic learning is
provided. The main components taught at the
lower level of primary school grade 1-3 polish
language, social and natural environment and
mathematics, crafts and technology, music and
physical education. In the lower grade, one
teacher teaches all the subjects, while in higher
each subject has a different teacher.
19. Primary
middle
secondary
higher secondary
post secondary
In Pakistan, the duration of
primary education is 5 yrs in all parts of the
country. The average age of the primary
school pupil is 5+ or 10+ years. In some
urban schools and in most rural schools,
the government has allowed to co-
education in public schools. The subjects
taught at the primary level are English,
science, mathematics, Islamiyat, and social
studies.
21. After finishing primary school all children are
required to continue their education in a
three-year lower secondary school ends with
a nationwide written examination consisting
of three parts: the humanities (questions on
polish language, literature, history and social
studies) mathematics and science and
language (it includes English, French,
Spanish, German, Russian and Italian).
22. The middle or high school stage as
sometimes referred is a three yrs education
after the primary stage. In middle schools, a
student is enrolled in class I and continues
up to class VIII in the same building.
24. In Poland candidates who have successfully
graduated from lower secondary schools are
free to continue education in several types of
schools. Upper secondary education is for
youth aged 16 to 19. It offers the
matriculation exams that leads to the receipt
of the matriculation certificate required for
admission to higher education.
25. This stage in Pakistan extends from class IX-X
and the corresponding age of pupil is 13 to 15
yrs. The aim of secondary education is to
prepare the students for different careers and to
provide special knowledge in important subjects
like physics, chemistry, biology, English,
mathematics and technical subjects. There is a
secondary school certificates (SSC)
examination held at the end of class X
conducted by the board of intermediate and
secondary education.
27. In Poland post secondary offers programs
lasting up to 2.5 yrs which are follow up to
upper secondary. Post secondary school
leavers who hold a matriculation certificate
may apply for admission to higher education
institution according to general rules.
28. This stage of education extends from class
XI-XII after the respective age of pupil is 15
to 17 yrs. The higher secondary or
intermediate stage, as it known, future leads
to different streams like the pre-engr, pre-
medical or the general streams.
30. Territory education in Poland is based on the
following programs
College programs prepare students for
employment.
Degree programs are provided by both public
and non-public university. It is comprises of
two stages
Bachelor’s degree programs
Master’s degree programs
31. Higher education in Pakistan starts at the
age of 17 yrs from class XIII leading to the
first or Bachelors degree after completion of
two/for yrs course. There are some other
professional courses offered after higher
secondary education like pharmacy,
commerce, medicine etc. masters degree
requires another one/two yr of studies mostly
in universities and in some selected colleges.
33. Lack of awareness
Lack of resources
There are many reasons of low literacy rate
for example poverty, population expansion,
male dominated society etc. many people
are living below the poverty line due to which
it is not possible for them to send their
children to schools, colleges and universities.
34. CONCLUSIONS
Keeping view the availed facts in the last, we
get this conclusion that education in Pakistan is
a provincial responsibility. Each province,
therefore, could provide educational facilities
according to its own resources and the priorities
given to education. It is the duty of government,
national mass media, politicians,
educationalists, to strict measures to check the
menace of education in the country.
Government of Pakistan should enforce the
polish’s system of education in order to increase
its literacy rate.
