Six-Year Enrolment Trends in Pakistan by Education Stage and Sector (2018–2024) Stage* Sector 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 Pre – Primary Public 4,844,876 4,172,699 3,334,296 3,922,585 4,486,920 4,671,181 Other Public 38,906 44,174 54,304 58,247 95,184 350,294 Private 4,719,531 4,736,903 4,962,570 4,985,610 5,064,577 4,579,123 Total 9,603,313 8,953,776 8,351,170 8,966,442 9,646,681 9,600,598 Primary Public 12,574,466 12,644,242 12,625,179 12,381,505 12,155,301 11,876,362 Other Public 187,863 202,798 224,129 231,018 355,783 753,074 Private 6,679,615 6,761,218 7,228,763 7,281,708 8,134,742
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Province-Wise Status of Non-Formal Education: Learners, Centres, and Gender Composition (2022-24) Province wise NFE Learners / Students Province / Area 2022-23 2023-24 Male Female Total Male Female Total Azad Jammu & Kashmir 10466 10722 21188 10331 15263 25594 Balochistan 12001 16958 28959 15543 27272 42815 Gilgit Baltistan 13827 16192 30019 18380 20606 38986 ICT 25985 25224 51209 32790 28574 61364 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 107690 178176 285866 137090 220627 357717 Punjab 282939 334036 616975 319402 375767
Student Enrolment in Pakistan by Province, Education Stage, Gender, and Location (2023–24) Province/ Region Stage URBAN RURAL TOTAL Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Pakistan Pre Primary 1,665,053 1,672,742 3,337,795 3,259,568 3,003,235 6,262,803 4,924,621 4,675,977 9,600,598 Primary 3,590,098 3,571,266 7,161,364 7,336,889 6,317,483 13,654,372 10,926,987 9,888,749 20,815,736 Middle 1,865,724 1,846,878 3,712,602 3,011,781 2,483,476 5,495,257 4,877,505 4,330,354 9,207,859 High 1,157,728 1,115,655 2,273,383 1,387,513 1,038,495 2,426,008 2,545,241 2,154,150 4,699,391 Higher Secondary 907,905 875,711
Children (Aged 5–16) Who Have Never Attended School by Region and Gender (2023) 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 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
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