Child Nexus Pakistan

Education Health Child Protection   Climate           Acknowledgments:  Data Sets On Education, Health & Child Protection: By Zoha Faiz, Research Data Analyst at Obun2 Data Sets On Climate: By Javeria Khan, Research Analyst at Obun2…

Education Insights

Pakistan’s Education Profile: GER, PTR, ETR, and Literacy Rate Source: Pakistan Education Statistics 2022-2023   Pakistan Literacy Table Literate % Total Male Female Pakistan 60.65 68.00 52.84 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 51.09 64.57 37.15 Punjab 66.25 71.98 60.19 Sindh 57.54 64.23 50.21 Balochistan 42.01 50.50 32.80 Islamabad Capital Territory 83.97 88.23 79.13…

Education Indicators

Education Indicators Full Table Indicator Male Female Total GPI 2021-22 2022-23 Gross…

Child Mortality

Trends in Mortality and Stillbirth Rates (1990–2022) Mortality & Stillbirth Rates 1990…

Child Labour

Punjab Child Labour in Punjab (%) Age Total Boys Girls 5-14 Years 13.4 16.8 9.7 5-17 Years 16.9 21.8 11.5 Source: PCLS 2019-20   Number & Percentage of children in Child Labour 5-17 years by Industry Industry Characteristics Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Manufacturing Water collection Construction Wholesale and retail trade…

Child Discipline

Child Discipline Child Discipline (Percentage of children aged 1-14 years who experienced Physical Punishment/ any violent discipline method) Provinces Total Male Female Balochistan (2019-2020) 55.3 56.4 54 KP (2019) 82.7 84.6 80.6 Sindh (2018-2019) 79.6 80.5 78.6 Punjab (2024) 83.1 84.5 81.6 GB (2016-2017) 84.6 86 83.1 Source: MICS…

Birth Registration

Birth Registration Rates in Pakistan by Urban and Rural Areas Region Total (%) Urban (%) Rural (%) National 42.2 60.3 33.7 ICT 82.4 Balochistan 37.8 46 34 KP 18.8 30.4 16.3 Punjab 57.8 70.5 51.7 Sindh 27.6 53.8 6.9 PDHS 2017-18   Provincial Birth Registration Rates by Gender Provinces Total…

Public Financing

Expenditure on Education Years Category Current Expenditure Development Expenditure Total Expenditure Percent of GDP (2015-16 Base) 2019-20 Federal 83,266 31,300 114,566 1.9 Punjab 337,562 35,378 372,940 Sindh 165,028 5,427 170,455 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 162,778 18,523 181,301 Balochistan 53,640 8,111 61,751 Pakistan 802,274 98,739 901,013 2020-21 Federal 90,974 5,646 96,620 1.4 Punjab…

Teachers Data

Teachers By Province, Level, Gender, and Location 2022-2023 Region Level URBAN RURAL TOTAL Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Punjab Pre-Primary 7 330 337 24 1,125 1,149 31 1,455 1,486 Primary 8,339 54,119 62,458 50,236 95,419 145,655 58,575 149,538 208,113 Middle 17,220 116,012 133,232 49,697 161,751 211,448…

Enrolment Comparison

  Five-Year Comparison Of Enrolment Stage* Sector 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 Pre – Primary Public 4,844,876 4,172,699 3,334,296 3,922,585 4,486,920 Other Public 38,906 44,174 54,304 58,247 95,184 Private 4,719,531 4,736,903 4,962,570 4,985,610 5,064,577 Total 9,603,313 8,953,776 8,351,170 8,966,442 9,646,681 Primary Public 12,574,466 12,644,242 12,625,179 12,381,505 12,155,301 Other Public 187,863…

Non Formal Education

Province wise NFE Centers, Teachers, Learners Province / Area Centers Teachers Learners Azad Jammu & Kashmir 445 603 21188 Balochistan 927 962 28959 Gilgit Baltistan 901 938 30019 ICT 1380 1677 51209 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 6461 7773 285866 Punjab 20292 20378 616975 Sindh 1116 1402 39488 Total 31522 33733 1073704 Source:…

Enrollment Data by Province, Stage, Gender and Location

Enrollment Data by Province, Stage, Gender, and Location (2022-23) Punjab Stage Urban Rural Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Pre Primary 976,213 914,880 1,891,093 1,633,762 1,457,885 3,091,647 2,609,975 2,372,765 4,982,740 Primary 1,897,230 1,858,025 3,755,255 3,610,349 3,340,306 6,950,655 5,507,579 5,198,331 10,705,910 Middle 837,034 597,328 1,734,362 1,353,118 1,358,144…

Never To School

Never to School (5-16) Never to school (5-16) Total Male Female Transgender Pakistan 20,033,448 9,141,561 10,890,485 1,402 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4,259,321 1,686,502 2,572,716 103 Punjab 6,443,194 3,056,948 3,385,403 843 Sindh 6,616,348 3,108,188 3,507,875 285 Balochistan 2,674,108 1,269,979 1,403,960 169 Islamabad Capital Territory 40,477 19,944 20,531 2 Source: Census 2023…

Out of School

OOSR & OOSC by Province, Stage, Gender Region Stage OOSR OOSC Male Female Total Male Female Total Punjab Primary 28.40% 29.30% 28.80% 2,167,776 2,143,291 4,311,067 Middle 19.10% 21.10% 20.10% 830,912 865,006 1,695,918 High 39.70% 31.10% 35.60% 1,108,155 802,813 1,910,968 Higher Sec. 60.00% 58.10% 59.10% 1,614,066 1,428,992 3,043,058 Primary to Higher…

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