Pakistan faces a literacy crisis with a rate of only 55%, ranking 160th globally, and significant disparities exist between urban and rural education. Various organizations, like the Engro Foundation, advocate for CSR initiatives to improve educational standards amidst low government spending on education. It is essential for the government to address this issue to secure a better future for the country's youth.

1. CSR in education
Presenter
Fayaz hussain chandio

2. • “Today a reader,
tomorrow a leader”
(Margaret fuller)

3. Where Pakistan stand now?
• Pakistan has one of the lowest literacy rates in
the world and according to the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), it is 55 per cent and
Pakistan stands at 160th in total countries of
the world.

4. Where problem arises?
• Many schools and collages
are entering the education
industry especially in
various big cities of
Pakistan but those living in
rural areas are on a greater
loss. Even if children want
to study, they can’t, due to
lack of resources or family
pressure. Especially girls to
study is again illiteracy.

5. Benefits
• Proper education provides a child with lifelong
benefits.
• It does not just give you knowledge, but also
makes you a better person.
• It provides you with social acceptability in the
society and gives you empowerment regarding
decision making, problem solving and even
multi-tasking.

6. Facts
• Punjab There are only five districts in Punjab that have
above 70pc literacy rate. They are Lahore, Gujranwala,
Rawalpindi, Chakwal and Gujrat.
• Sindh As far as its literacy rates are concerned, they are
below 50 percent in rural areas. Karachi is leading the
race. Hyderabad, Mirpur Khas, Larkana and Jamshoro
are a few other cities that can see a reasonable literacy
rate.
• KPK According to a recent report, the overall literacy
rate in this province is 50%. Peshawar is among the
most densely populated cities of KPK
• Baluchistan very poor literacy rate here just 28%

7. Did you know??
• 19 million children under the age of 15 years
are not in school
• 24% of population lives under the poverty line
less than $1 dollar a day.

8. CSR practices in education
With more then 53% of Pakistan’s
population illiterate and government
expenditure on education only 2.5% of
GDP, lowest in the world. Team at Tapal
feel that there is an intense need for
private, socially active institutions to
contribute towards raising the
education standard by establishing
quality schools.

9. Engro foundation
real change begin when
individuals join forces to take
collective action.
Change today for tomorrow.

10. Suggestions
• It is a challenge for Pakistan to improve its
literacy rate and the situation demands that
the government rethink the whole issue of
literacy. Children are among the most valuable
assets to any country and they need to be
provided with proper education no matter
what circumstances. Education works as a
foundation for any child, it needs to be strong
and firm in order to change the face of
Pakistan.