1. OUTLINES:
What is Education?
Why Education is necessary?
What are Education sectors?
Education in Pakistan
Education system in Pakistan
Literacy Rate in Pakistan
Affects of COVID-19 on Education sectors
Issues in our education system
Recommendations
2. WHAT IS EDUCATION?
The process of receiving & giving systematic information.
Education is delivery of knowledge, skills & information
from teachers to learners.
Process of becoming an educated person.
3. WHY EDUCATION IS NECESSARY?
Education is necessary for progress in life.
Education removes poverty from society.
Education tells basic difference between good or bad.
Education gives us employment and identity.
“Education is the key to success in life.” – Solomon Ortiz
4. WHAT ARE EDUCATION SECTORS?
The action plan derived from a systematic consultative process which
began in December 1999.
The consultation has engaged over 500 people compromising,
experts, civil society groups, private sector, NGOs, Provincial
governments, along with their Ministers and Governors.
5. EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN
Education in Pakistan is overseen by Ministry of Education of
government of Pakistan.
The academic institution are the responsibility of provisional
government.
Federal government is responsible for curriculum development,
accreditation & some finance research.
Pakistan produces about 445,000 university graduates and 25,000–
30,000 computer science graduates per year.
7. UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND
CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) RESEARCH
Pakistan in on 136th position in world -113th out of 120 registered UN members.
Why is it?
8. LITERACY RATE IN PAKISTAN
Pakistan’s overall literacy rate is 71.11%.
In Pakistan literacy rate in different provinces are as follows:
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
1998 2018
Literacy rate in Pakistan – Province wise
Punjab KPK Sindh Balochistan
9. LITERACY RATE IN PAKISTAN(CONT..)
In Pakistan people of different age having the literacy rate as
follows:
According to the survey of UNICEF, Currently Pakistan has the world’s second highest number
of out-of-school children (OOSC) with an estimated 22.8 million children aged 5-16 not
attending school.
Age Literacy%
Age b/w 55-64 30%
Age b/w 45-54 40%
Age b/w 25-34 50%
Age b/w 15-24 60%
10. AFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION SECTORS
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a loss of $2 billion to Pakistan’s
Education sector.
The latest study on the effects of COVID-19 on the economy has
been conducted by the KPMG, estimated that almost 125 million
people, more than half of the country’s population slip into the
clutches of poverty, which can adversely affect our education
sectors.
11. PAKISTAN SCENARIO – BIGGER PICTURE
One of the weakest Education System.
50 years behind the world.
71.11% Literacy rate.
WHY?
12. ISSUES IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM
Cost of Education
Gender Issues
Inequity b/w private & government sectors
Feudalism in Pakistan
Lack of technical education
Teacher posting in not on merit
Educational institute are not easily accessible to every student.
13. RECOMMENDATION
Create policies to attract, reward, and retain high-quality teachers.
Eliminate RATTA (cramming) system from our education system.
All data of schools must be have online access.
Girls education should be encouraged.
Updation of Curriculum
Focus on teacher’s training
Pakistan must increase its budget for education.
Free Education & more scholarships.
