Enrolment Comparison – The State of Children in Pakistan

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	8,186,300
	Total	19,441,944	19,608,258	20,078,071	19,894,231	20,645,826	20,815,736
Middle	Public	4,404,971	4,575,905	4,724,209	5,029,733	5,102,249	5,260,833
	Other Public	114,267	129,725	140,513	148,414	180,216	264,467
	Private	2,209,214	2,251,856	2,459,864	2,486,482	2,999,666	3,682,559
	Total	6,728,452	6,957,486	7,324,586	7,664,629	8,282,131	9,207,859
High	Public	2,377,628	2,396,669	2,538,939	2,641,754	2,636,565	2,752,307
	Other Public	66,933	77,100	83,915	90,046	118,286	147,367
	Private	1,010,350	1,024,042	1,156,385	1,174,955	1,380,784	1,799,717
	Total	3,454,911	3,497,811	3,779,239	3,906,755	4,135,635	4,699,391
Higher Sec/ Inter Colleges	Public	1,542,827	1,579,610	1,549,205	1,385,959	1,459,377	1,493,986
	Other Public	38,034	48,788	55,259	59,320	54,868	70,836
	Private	553,650	592,854	688,489	698,794	817,081	1,260,427
	Total	2,134,511	2,221,252	2,292,953	2,144,073	2,331,326	2,825,249
Degree Colleges (XI-XIV)	Public	497,632	523,959	547,965	420,570	410,909	525,084
	Other Public	16,385	16	16,385	16,385	16,385	346
	Private	211,614	231,292	193,536	186,437	202,705	193,389
	Total	725,631	771,636	757,886	623,392	629,999	718,819
Universities	Public	1,535,370	1,647,049	1,866,976	1,866,976	1,550,290	1,572,779
	Other Public	–	–	–	.		–
	Private	323,334	354,646	359,275	359,275	386,039	391,368
	Total	1,858,704	2,001,695	2,226,251	2,226,251	1,936,329	1,964,147
(Non Formal) Basic Education	Public	1,371,517	1,367,916	1,494,445	747,778	1,006,520	1,146,726
	Other Public	–	.	–	.	.	–
	Private	–	–	–	126,322	67,184	63,190
	Total	1,371,517	1,367,916	1,494,445	874,100	1,073,704	1,209,916
Education Foundations	Public	–	.	–	–		–
	Other Public	–	–	–	–		–
	Private **	3,196,140	3,185,636	2,972,149	3,406,747	3,510,594	3,474,607
	Total	3,196,140	3,185,636	2,972,149	3,406,747	3,510,594	3,474,607
Technical & Vocational Institutions	Public	277,126	277,126	277,126	288,224	297,643	295,874
	Other Public	.	–	–	–	–	–
	Private	156,111	156,111	156,111	149,858	156,314	161,524
	Total	433,237	433,237	433,237	438,082	453,957	457,398
Teachers Training	Public	70,862	70,862	70,862	70,862	70,862	–
	Other Public	–	–	–	–		–
	Private	5,365	5,365	5,365	5,365	5,365	–
	Total	76,227	76,227	76,227	76	76,227
Deeni Madaris	Public	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Other Public	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Private	4,189,471	4,198,173	4,408,539	4,650,035	3,346,923	3,260,875
	Total	4,189,471	4,198,173	4,408,539	4,650.03S	3,346,923	3,260,875
Distance Learning Institutions (AIOU)	Public	–	–	–	–	–	96,483
	Other Public	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Private						–
	Total						96,483
Total	Public	29,497,275	29,256,037	29,029,202	28,755,946	29,176,636	29,691,615
	Other Public	462,388	518,970	574,505	603,430	820,722	1,586,384
	Private	23,254,395	23,498,096	24,591,046	25,511,588	26,071,974	27,053,079
	Grand Total	53,214,058	53,273,103	54,194,753	54,870,964	56,069,332	58,331,078

Source: PES 2022-23 and PES 2023-34

*Enrolment by Stage defined as those students who are enrolled in one particular section of the school. For example, primary stage enrolment not only includes classes 1 to 5

of Mosque & Primary school, but it also includes primary section of Middle, High & Higher Secondary schools.

** Public Private Partnership”

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