Student and Teacher Attendance Rates by Province, Level, and School Type |
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Region
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Type/Level
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Government Schools (%) | Private Schools (%) | ||||||
| Primary | Elementary | High | Overall | Primary | Elementary | High | Overall | ||
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National (Rural)
|
Children attendance | 85 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 91 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Teacher attendance | 88 | 90 | 92 | 89 | 85 | 86 | 77 | 84 | |
|
Balochistan (Rural)
|
Children attendance | 81 | 82 | 86 | 83 | 89 | 90 | 93 | 90 |
| Teacher attendance | 88 | 88 | 89 | 85 | 62 | 24 | 74 | 60 | |
|
KP (Rural)
|
Children attendance | 90 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 93 | 91 | 93 | 93 |
| Teacher attendance | 86 | 91 | 90 | 88 | 91 | 95 | 75 | 91 | |
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Punjab (Rural)
|
Children attendance | 90 | 92 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 91 | 92 | 91 |
| Teacher attendance | 85 | 91 | 93 | 89 | 88 | 81 | 82 | 85 | |
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Sindh (Rural)
|
Children attendance | 75 | 80 | 75 | 76 | 88 | 87 | 89 | 88 |
| Teacher attendance | 89 | 89 | 94 | 88 | 93 | 95 | 83 | 92 | |
| Source: ASER 2023 | |||||||||
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