Out-of-School Children in Pakistan: Disaggregated Trends by Province, Gender, Education Stage, and Year (PES 2022–2024 & Census 2023) OOSR & OOSC by Province, Stage, Gender (2023-24) Region Stage OOSR OOSC Male (%) Female (%) Total (%) Male Female Total Punjab Primary 22 12 17 1,717,172 933,295 2,650,467 Middle 29 18 24 1,350,089 781,357 2,131,446 High 41 32 37 1,208,178 866,046 2,074,224 Higher Sec. 58 50 54 1,575,302 1,260,097 2,835,399 Primary to Higher Sec. 32
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Children’s Schooling Affected by Natural Disaster Household self-reports on whether children’s schooling has been affected by any natural disaster in the past year, rural Province Extremely Affected (%age) Extremely or Moderately Affected (%age) National 20 29 Punjab 22 23 Sindh 25 42 Balochistan 17 36 KP 13 16 AJK 34 36 GB 27 28 ASER Report 2023
Gender Comparison Table of GRE Performance Stage Male GER (%) Female GER (%) Pre-Primary ~82 ~70 Primary ~84 ~72 Middle ~56 ~52 High ~45 ~41 Higher Secondary ~23 ~22 Source: Girl’s Education in Pakistan Statistics and Trends 2022-23
Education Indicators Full Table Indicator Male Female Total GPI 2021-22 2022-23 Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) – Pre-Primary 82.50% 69.80% 76.30% 0.85 71.30% 76.30% Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) – Primary Classes: 1-5 83.10% 72.30% 77.90% 0.87 76.20% 77.90% Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) – Middle Classes: 6-8 55.90% 51.30% 53.70% 0.92 50.90% 53.70% Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) – High Classes: 9-10 45.00% 40.50% 42.80% 0.9 41.70% 42.80% Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) – Higher Secondary Classes: 11-12
Pakistan’s Education Profile: GER, PTR, ETR, and Literacy Rate Source: Pakistan Education Statistics 2022-2023
Participate in tableau, speech and song competitions to pay tribute ISLAMABAD. As Kashmir day approaches, Punjab Arts Council (PAC) in collaboration with APPSMA organised tableaus, Kashmiri songs and speech competitions to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people and to pay tribute to their struggle for freedom. Chief Guest of the prize distribution ceremony was Member Punjab Assembly, Riffat Abbasi, PAC Director Sajjad Hussain, former Director Waqar Ahmed, Deputy Director Muhammad Shakoor and Assistant Director
Climate-Induced Migration in Pakistan – Province-wise data Province Rural to Rural Rural to Urban Urban to Urban Urban to Rural Total All 15.9 60.7 19.7 3.7 100 Punjab 16.2 58.4 22 3.4 100 Sindh 4.8 53.6 33.3 8.4 100 KP 20.2 69.6 8.2 2 100 Balochistan 7.1 70.3 16.3 6.3 100 Islamabad 9.4 48.3 32.3 10.1 100 FATA 16.4 77.1 2.5 4.1 100 AJK 21.8 68.2 7.7 2.4 100 GB 14.4 74.4 9.8 1.3
This video features Ms. Fahmida Khan, Gender and Development Specialist at UNICEF Pakistan, discussing some of the most pressing issues affecting children, women, and marginalized communities in the country.
KARACHI: The longstanding plans to introduce free meals in public schools of Sindh had remained a virtual pipe dream until now. However, students at Allama Iqbal Government Boys and Girls Primary and Secondary School, situated at the junction of Sohrab Goth and Federal B Area, have started receiving free meals daily during their morning break – thanks to Saylani Welfare, a charitable organisation. According to the school principal, the initiative gathered pace after the
LAHORE: The North Cantonment police lodged a case against a housemaid for allegedly torturing an infant to take revenge from the employer. The police acted against Saima when she was caught on a security camera torturing the three-month-old baby. A police official said the parents of the baby alleged that on one occasion, the maid also tried to strangle him. He said they produced as evidence the recording of the camera wherein the suspected
KHAIRPUR: The mother of an underage maid who was allegedly murdered by an influential Pir in Sindh’s Ranipur town in 2023, Pir Asad Shah Jeelani, has “reached a settlement with the accused” and sought dismissal of the case. Shabnam, the mother of the murdered maid, submitted a written statement about her settlement with the prime accused Pir Asad, his wife Hina Shah, while other suspects include Fayyaz Shah and Imtiaz. The development was witnessed