ILLITERACY IN PAKISTAN

What is illiteracy?

Inability to read and write is called illiteracy

Facts

●        Population 241.49 millions

●        Literacy rate of Pakistan is 62.3% its mean 37.7% people are illiterate

●        71% males

●        49% females

●        Pakistan ranks 130th out of 146 countries with respect to Education for All’s Development Index (EDI)

●        Around 63% of children with disabilities in Pakistan do not attend school

●        Pakistan ranks 47th out of 68 countries in terms of sustainable development goals related to education

●        Pakistan ranks 113th out of 120 countries in terms of female literacy rates

Facts

●        Pakistan has about 182,600 functional primary schools, 46,800 middle schools, 34,800 secondary schools, 7,648 higher/ secondary/intermediate colleges, and 3,729 technical and vocational institutes in the country.  Pakistan has over 200 universities and 3,000 degree colleges across the country.

●        Out of a total of 52 million children between the ages of (5-16) years, as many as 23 million 44 percent were out of school.

●        Povery

●        Corruption

●        Low budget allocation

●        Lack of institutions

●        Poor infrastructure

●        No Career Counselling

●        Limited fields

●        Political intervention ●      Lack of awareness

●        Outdated curriculum

●        Lack of accountability

●        Cramming /ratta/ wrote learning

●        Religious factor

●        Obsession toward medical /engineering

●        Language barrier

●        No incentives

●        Lack of collective approach Political recruitments

Gender discrimination

●        Elite capture

●        Inflation

●        Lack of policy Makers

●        Unemployment

●        Over population

●        Education as a Business ●      Brain drain Poor teaching skills

Political unrest

Effects

●        Social unrest

●        Poverty

●        No technological advancement

●        Nepotism

●        Health issues

●        Domestic violence ● Unemployment

Street crimes

Child labour

Effects

●        Over population

●        Gender inequality

●        Terrorism

●        Online scam /fraud

●        Low GDP

●        Weak democracy

●        Extremism

●        Lack of moral values

●        Lawlessness

●        Poor mental growth

Solutions

●        Social awareness

●        Need to change societal behavior

●        More budget allocation

●        Updated Syllabus

●        Hybrid education system

●        Career Counselling

●        Population control

●        Law enforcement

●        Technical education

●        Modern techniques

Solutions

●        Incentives for teachers and students

●        Promotion of national language

●        State level competition

●        Accountability

●        Collective Approach

●        Activity base learning

●        Free education

●        Sustainable policies

●        Women's empowerment