1. Pakistan EducationPakistan Education
Sector ReformsSector Reforms
EffortsEfforts
Government of PakistanGovernment of Pakistan
Ministry of EducationMinistry of Education

2. 2
Scheme of PresentationScheme of Presentation
1.1. Present Environment of Education:Present Environment of Education:
a.a. Literacy Rates in Pakistan by GenderLiteracy Rates in Pakistan by Gender
b.b. Number of Institutions, Enrolment and Teaching StaffNumber of Institutions, Enrolment and Teaching Staff
c.c. Public Institutions: Missing FacilitiesPublic Institutions: Missing Facilities
d.d. Educational Institutions by Medium of Instruction.Educational Institutions by Medium of Instruction.
e.e. Comparative Summary of EnrolmentComparative Summary of Enrolment
f.f. Enrollment & Drop-outs up to Intermediate Level 2000 &Enrollment & Drop-outs up to Intermediate Level 2000 &
20052005
g.g. Enrolment by Gender and locationEnrolment by Gender and location
h.h. Vocational and Technical Institutions (Diploma andVocational and Technical Institutions (Diploma and
Certificate Programs)Certificate Programs)
i.i. Number of Deeni Madaris by Enrolment and TeachingNumber of Deeni Madaris by Enrolment and Teaching
StaffStaff
2.2. Budgetary Allocation for EducationBudgetary Allocation for Education
3.3. Reforms UndertakenReforms Undertaken

3. 3
Present Environment of EducationPresent Environment of Education
a. Literacy Rate in Pakistan by Gendera. Literacy Rate in Pakistan by Gender
Census 1998Census 1998 (in %)(in %) PSLMPSLM 2004-05 (in %)2004-05 (in %)
TotalTotal MaleMale FemaleFemale TotalTotal MaleMale FemaleFemale
PakistanPakistan 4444 5555 3232 5353 6565 4040
PunjabPunjab 46.646.6 57.257.2 35.135.1 5555 6565 4545
SindhSindh
UrbanUrban 63.763.7 69.869.8 56.756.7 7272 8080 6262
RuralRural 25.725.7 37.937.9 12.212.2 3838 5656 1818
TotalTotal 45.345.3 54.554.5 34.834.8 5656 6868 4141
NWFPNWFP 35.435.4 51.451.4 18.818.8 4545 6464 2626
BalochistanBalochistan 24.824.8 34.034.0 14.114.1 3737 5252 1919
Sources: Population Census, 1998 and Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement (PSLM) Survey 2004-05

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b. Number of Institutions, Enrolment andb. Number of Institutions, Enrolment and
Teaching StaffTeaching Staff
Area
Educational
Institutions
Non-
Functional
Enrolment
Teaching
Staff
Pakistan 227,791 12,737 33,379,578 1,356,802
Punjab 110,459 2,742 18,298,608 716,768
Sindh 51,006 7,442 6,552,795 290,749
NWFP 37,761 1,781 5,206,932 198,893
Balochistan 10,986 306 1,110,162 50,893
ICT 1,189 23 390,888 19,387
FATA 5,145 123 605,437 22,079
Northern
Area
3,977 128 354,962 15,196
AJK 7,268 192 859,794 42,837
Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

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ProvinceProvince
WithoutWithout
BoundaryBoundary
WallWall
WithoutWithout
DrinkingDrinking
WaterWater
WithoutWithout
ElectricityElectricity
withoutwithout
LatrineLatrine
WithoutWithout
BuildingBuilding
20002000 20052005 20002000 20052005 20002000 20052005 20002000 20052005 20002000 20052005
PakistanPakistan 7286572865 53,48153,481 56,09456,094 46,76646,766 99,59799,597 81,63381,633 78,65578,655 57,21657,216 21,12621,126 9,7769,776
PunjabPunjab 29,85029,850 18,33918,339 12,91812,918 13,69013,690 43,11043,110 32,18932,189 36,65236,652 22,20622,206 6,9466,946 3,4333,433
SindhSindh 18,68918,689 14,83814,838 17,91017,910 11,58611,586 25,00525,005 22,14922,149 18,81518,815 12,84212,842 9,8349,834 4,0014,001
NWFPNWFP 12,09312,093 9,0149,014 12,74012,740 9,7749,774 17,35917,359 13,71613,716 11,13811,138 10,39210,392 2,2012,201 1,2141,214
Baloch-Baloch-
istanistan
7,6567,656 5,4475,447 9,0109,010 5,6215,621 2,1522,152 6,9506,950 8,7388,738 6,1376,137 1,4811,481 585585
ICTICT 6363 5151 5454 3232 4141 2020 5656 3939 0606 --
FATAFATA 1,8391,839 1,2751,275 1,8521,852 2,0132,013 1,7971,797 2,0452,045 1,8391,839 2,0792,079 110110 292292
FANAFANA 910910 748748 492492 1,0851,085 903903 1,0331,033 1,1261,126 738738 104104 3636
AJKAJK 1,7651,765 3,7693,769 1,1181,118 2,9652,965 1,6141,614 3,5313,531 1,7741,774 2,7832,783 444444 215215
Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006
c. Public Institutions: Missing Facilitiesc. Public Institutions: Missing Facilities

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d. Educational Institutions by Medium ofd. Educational Institutions by Medium of
InstructionInstruction
TypeType
# of# of
InstitutionsInstitutions
Medium of Instruction (in %)Medium of Instruction (in %)
UrduUrdu EnglisEnglis
hh
SindhiSindhi Others*Others*
TotalTotal 227791227791 64.664.6 10.410.4 15.515.5 9.59.5
BoysBoys 5786857868 77.377.3 2.92.9 6.76.7 13.213.2
GirlsGirls 4847548475 78.378.3 2.62.6 9.39.3 9.89.8
MixedMixed 121448121448 53.153.1 17.117.1 22.222.2 7.67.6
PublicPublic 151,744151,744 68.368.3 1.41.4 22.422.4 7.97.9
BoysBoys 50,26550,265 82.282.2 1.21.2 7.57.5 9.19.1
GirlsGirls 4187841878 80.680.6 1.41.4 6.76.7 11.311.3
MixedMixed 59,60159,601 48.048.0 1.61.6 43.443.4 7.07.0
PrivatePrivate 76,04776,047 57.257.2 28.428.4 1.81.8 12.712.7
BoysBoys 6,5976,597 63.763.7 10.710.7 2.62.6 23.023.0
GirlsGirls 7,6027,602 44.444.4 1.41.4 1.31.3 52.952.9
MixedMixed 61,84761,847 58.058.0 32.132.1 1.71.7 7.77.7* It includes Pushto, Balochi, Arabic
Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

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e. Comparative Summary of Enrollmente. Comparative Summary of Enrollment
AreaArea
Enrolment at all levels (Primary to Tertiary)Enrolment at all levels (Primary to Tertiary)
20002000 20032003 Increase inIncrease in
% over 2000% over 2000
20052005 Increase inIncrease in
% over 2000% over 2000
PakistanPakistan 22,584,64022,584,640 23,871,55123,871,551 5.75.7 33,379,57833,379,578 47.847.8
PunjabPunjab 12,574,34912,574,349 13,193,55613,193,556 4.94.9 18,298,60818,298,608 45.545.5
SindhSindh 4,391,5944,391,594 4,765,0614,765,061 8.58.5 6,552,7956,552,795 49.249.2
NWFPNWFP 3,473,4813,473,481 3,619,8943,619,894 4.24.2 5,206,9325,206,932 49.949.9
BalochistanBalochistan 841,033841,033 881,279881,279 4.84.8 1,110,1621,110,162 32.032.0
ICTICT 190,520190,520 206,579206,579 8.48.4 390,888390,888 105.2105.2
FATAFATA 436,107436,107 499,921499,921 14.614.6 605,437605,437 38.038.0
FANAFANA 125,017125,017 140,484140,484 12.412.4 354,962354,962 184.0184.0
AJKAJK 552,539552,539 564,724564,724 2.22.2 859,794859,794 55.655.6
*Increase based on base year 2000
Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

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f. Enrollment & Drop-outs up to Intermediatef. Enrollment & Drop-outs up to Intermediate
Level 2000 & 2005Level 2000 & 2005
Up to Class 12
Up to Class 10
Up to Class 8
Up to Class 5
0.076
1.311
3.074
12.480
Inter & HSSC*
Secondary
Middle
Primary
Student Enrolment in Public Institutions
1999-2000 2004-05
Dropout
Stage
Dropouts
1999-2000
Dropouts
2004-05
0.708
1.479
3.323
14.829
30.14%
22.41%
24.5%
53.0%
0.023
0.294
0.753
6.614
15.7%
15.68%
15.9%
31.3%
0.111
0.232
0.528
4.641
0.539
1.316
6.865 46.30%
39.60%
36.44%
During Inter/HSSC
During Secondary (SSC)
During Middle
During Primary
After Middle
After Primary
After Secondary
Total: 16.941 Million Total: 7.684 Million Total: 5.512 MillionTotal: 20.339 Million
Note: (i) Total eligible for enrolment (3 to 16 age group): 50.270 million 52.256 million
(ii) Enrolment in Public and Private Institutions: 25.072 million 33.379 million
(iii) Enrolment in Public Sector: 16.941 million 21.258 million
(iv) Children do not enroll. 25.198 million 18.877 million
* Data for Inter/HSSC relate to Academic Year 2000-01.
1999-2000 2004-2005

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g. Enrolment by Gender and Locationg. Enrolment by Gender and Location
Province/Area Total Male Female Rural Urban
Pakistan 33,379,578 18,981,213
57%
14,398,365
43%
19,159,897
57%
14,219,681
43%
Punjab 18,298,608 9,795,492
54%
8,503,116
46%
10,374,093
57%
7,924,515
43%
Sindh 6,552,795 3,844,929
59%
2,707,866
41%
2,551,368
39%
4,001,427
61%
NWFP 5,206,932 3,322,543
64%
1,884,389
36%
3,936,925
76%
1,270,007
24%
Balochistan 1,110,162 713,683
64%
396,479
36%
662,447
60%
447,715
40%
ICT 390,888 208,998
53%
181,890
47%
90,722
23%
300,166
77%
FATA 605,437 440,285
73%
165,152
27%
605,437
100%
-
Northern Area 354,962 190,621
54%
164,341
46%
288,641
81%
66,321
19%
AJK 859,794 464,662
54%
395,132
46%
650,264
76%
209,530
24%
Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

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h. Vocational and Technical Institutionsh. Vocational and Technical Institutions
(Diploma and Certificate Programs)(Diploma and Certificate Programs)
AreaArea InstitutionsInstitutions EnrolmentEnrolment TeachersTeachers
PakistanPakistan 3,0593,059 238,687238,687 15,33915,339
PunjabPunjab 1,4551,455 116,412116,412 7,8837,883
SindhSindh 454454 57,85557,855 2,7802,780
NWFPNWFP 727727 48,34248,342 31143114
BalochistanBalochistan 4848 4,5384,538 451451
ICTICT 5454 3,6123,612 265265
FATAFATA 3535 1,5201,520 134134
FANAFANA 186186 7,6337,633 272272
AJKAJK 100100 5,0455,045 440440
Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

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i. Number of Deeni Madaris by Enrolment andi. Number of Deeni Madaris by Enrolment and
Teaching staffTeaching staff
Area
No. of
Deeni
Madaris
Covered
No. of Deeni
Madaris
Refusal
No. of Deeni
Madaris for
which Data
is Collected
Enrolment
Teaching
Staff
Pakistan 12979 826 12153 1549242 58391
Punjab 5459 159 5300 674281 24977
Sindh 1935 119 1816 312693 11951
NWFP 2843 275 2568 336983 12058
Balochistan 769 99 670 65597 2891
ICT 77 15 62 10557 657
FATA 135 43 92 14162 481
FANA 1193 39 1154 88540 3160
AJK 568 77 491 46429 2216
Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

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Budgetary Allocation for EducationBudgetary Allocation for Education
2000-012000-01 2005-062005-06 2006-072006-07
Ministry of EducationMinistry of Education 5.085.08 6.86.8 9.559.55
Higher Education CommissionHigher Education Commission -- 22.2022.20 27.5827.58
Other Federal MinistriesOther Federal Ministries 2.902.90 7.407.40 7.597.59
PunjabPunjab 31.3931.39 60.7560.75 83.9783.97
SindhSindh 16.1616.16 28.9028.90 39.9239.92
NWFPNWFP 11.3511.35 18.2318.23 23.6823.68
BalochistanBalochistan 4.734.73 8.868.86 9.639.63
AJKAJK 2.252.25 3.753.75 4.634.63
FATAFATA 1.491.49 2.102.10 3.783.78
FANAFANA 0.490.49 0.980.98 1.391.39
Total (Public Sector)Total (Public Sector) 75.8875.88 160.00160.00 211.77211.77
Total (Private Sector)Total (Private Sector) 12.0012.00 35.9135.91 40.69*40.69*
Grand TotalGrand Total 87.8887.88 195.91195.91 252.46252.46
GDP(mp) (Economic survey 2005-06) onGDP(mp) (Economic survey 2005-06) on
current factor cost.current factor cost.
3,8633,863 7,7137,713 --
Education Budget as % of GDPEducation Budget as % of GDP 2.27%2.27% 2.53%2.53% --
(Rs. In Billion)
Source: Details of demands for grants and appropriations 2006-07, GoP, Finance Div. Budget books of the Govt. of Punjab, Sindh, NWFP,
Balochistan and AJ&K for 2006-07. Official communications from various Federal Ministries/Divisions addressed to the MoE. Official
Communications from the District Governments to the MoE.
*Estimated

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1.1. Uniform academic session from 1Uniform academic session from 1stst
of Septemberof September
throughout the country.throughout the country.
2.2. Free education upto Matriculation.Free education upto Matriculation.
3.3. Provision of free textbooks.Provision of free textbooks.
4.4. Grant of scholarships and incentives to girlGrant of scholarships and incentives to girl
students.students.
5.5. English language compulsory from Class-1English language compulsory from Class-1
onwards.onwards.
6.6. Composite examination at Matric levelComposite examination at Matric level
throughout the country from 2007, province ofthroughout the country from 2007, province of
Sindh will adopt it in 2008.Sindh will adopt it in 2008.
7.7. Provision of missing facilities in schools throughProvision of missing facilities in schools through
PESR (Rs. 1.05 billion for 2006-07).PESR (Rs. 1.05 billion for 2006-07).
Reforms Undertaken
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8.8. Introduction of English as medium ofIntroduction of English as medium of
instruction for Science, Mathematics andinstruction for Science, Mathematics and
Computer Science. Islamiyat and PakistanComputer Science. Islamiyat and Pakistan
Studies in Urdu in all schools.Studies in Urdu in all schools.
9.9. Social Studies for Classes VI-VIII bifurcatedSocial Studies for Classes VI-VIII bifurcated
into History and Geography as compulsoryinto History and Geography as compulsory
subjects.subjects.
10.10. New Scheme of Studies approved and notifiedNew Scheme of Studies approved and notified
with effect from 2007.with effect from 2007.
11.11. Budgetary allocations for education increased.Budgetary allocations for education increased.
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12.12. New curriculum:New curriculum:

Information Technology / Computer Education fromInformation Technology / Computer Education from
Class-VI.Class-VI.

All duplication in subjects eliminated.All duplication in subjects eliminated.

Contents do not reflect thinking of any particular sectContents do not reflect thinking of any particular sect
/ school of thought./ school of thought.

Ethics, moral education and Haqooq-ul-ibadEthics, moral education and Haqooq-ul-ibad
included.included.

Curriculum upgraded to ensure latest developments /Curriculum upgraded to ensure latest developments /
ideas in science and technology. Progressive withideas in science and technology. Progressive with
vertical and horizontal linkages.vertical and horizontal linkages.

New Groups i.e. Medical Technology Group andNew Groups i.e. Medical Technology Group and
Computer Science Group introduced in Class XI-XII.Computer Science Group introduced in Class XI-XII.
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13.13. Ordinance issued for regulatory authority forOrdinance issued for regulatory authority for
registration of private sector educationalregistration of private sector educational
institutions.institutions.
14.14. Format of the question papers for the BoardFormat of the question papers for the Board
examinations revised.examinations revised. The papers will haveThe papers will have
three parts:three parts:
i.i. 20% objective questions. The questions will have20% objective questions. The questions will have
multiple choices.multiple choices.
ii.ii. 50% questions for short answers.50% questions for short answers.
iii.iii. 30% questions for descriptive answers.30% questions for descriptive answers.
-- During 2006 teachers being trained to prepareDuring 2006 teachers being trained to prepare
children to answer questions on this pattern fromchildren to answer questions on this pattern from
2007.2007.
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15.15. NAVTEC established to ensure:NAVTEC established to ensure:
i.i. Vocational Schools:Vocational Schools: at each Tehsil and at industrialat each Tehsil and at industrial
clusters. All dropout from schools be encouraged toclusters. All dropout from schools be encouraged to
enroll.enroll.
ii.ii. Polytechnic Institutes:Polytechnic Institutes: at District level for matriculatesat District level for matriculates
to produce technicians /supervisors.to produce technicians /supervisors.
iii.iii. Technical Colleges:Technical Colleges: 4/5 in each province for F.Sc.4/5 in each province for F.Sc.
qualified students to produce technical graduates.qualified students to produce technical graduates.
15.15. Teacher’s status improved, recruitment of femaleTeacher’s status improved, recruitment of female
teachers given priority.teachers given priority.
16.16. National textbook policy formulated.National textbook policy formulated.
17.17. Curriculum for the following eleven core compulsoryCurriculum for the following eleven core compulsory
subjects have been revised:subjects have been revised:
IslamiatIslamiat III-XIIIII-XII PhysicsPhysics IX-XIIIX-XII
UrduUrdu I-XIII-XII ChemistryChemistry IX-XIIIX-XII
EnglishEnglish I-XIII-XII BiologyBiology IX-XIIIX-XII
Pakistan StudiesPakistan Studies IX-XIX-X MathematicsMathematics I-XIII-XII
HistoryHistory VI– VIIIVI– VIII General ScienceGeneral Science IV-VIIIIV-VIII
GeographyGeography VI-VIIIVI-VIII

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