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OOSR & OOSC by Province, Stage, Gender

Region	Stage	OOSR			OOSC
Region	Stage	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 Sec.	32.70%	31.90%	32.30%	5,720,909	5,240,102	10,961,011
Sindh	Primary	41.70%	52.60%	47.00%	1,632,349	1,951,940	3,584,289
	Middle	29.60%	48.30%	38.50%	643,348	965,278	1,608,626
	High	46.10%	54.90%	50.30%	626,069	669,382	1,295,451
	Higher Sec.	57.10%	66.60%	61.50%	733,635	753,146	1,486,781
	Primary to Higher Sec.	41.60%	53.90%	47.50%	3,635,401	4,339,746	7,975,147
KP	Primary	17.70%	32.00%	24.60%	503,859	858,058	1,361,917
	Middle	11.20%	36.00%	23.10%	177,013	524,762	701,775
	High	24.60%	46.90%	35.20%	244,323	423,864	668,187
	Higher Sec	41.50%	61.50%	51.00%	391,152	521,388	912,540
	Primary to Higher Sec.	20.70%	39.50%	29.80%	1,316,347	2,328,072	3,644,419
Balochistan	Primary	59.60%	73.40%	66.20%	726,869	812,697	1,539,566
	Middle	62.40%	74.00%	67.90%	403,709	427,147	830,856
	High	66.30%	76.80%	71.20%	259,867	265,653	525,520
	Higher Sec.	76.30%	83.20%	79.50%	274,275	261,096	535,371
	Primary to Higher Sec.	63.60%	75.40%	69.10%	1,664,720	1,766,593	3,431,313
ICT	Primary	22.00%	22.50%	22.20%	29,604	28,804	58,408
	Middle	9.10%	8.20%	8.70%	7,042	5,900	12,942
	High	5.30%	3.80%	4.60%	2,636	1,742	4,378
	Higher Sec	2.50%	2.10%	2.30%	1,233	890	2,123
	Primary to Higher Sec.	13.10%	12.90%	13.00%	40,515	37,336	77,851
Pakistan	Primary	32.10%	38.80%	35.40%	5,060,457	5,794,790	10,855,247
	Middle	23.30%	34.00%	28.50%	2,062,024	2,788,093	4,850,117
	High	40.20%	42.50%	41.30%	2,241,050	2,163,454	4,404,504
	Higher Sec	56.60%	61.80%	59.10%	3,014,361	2,965,512	5,979,873
	Primary to Higher Sec.	34.90%	41.50%	38.10%	12,377,892	13,711,849	26,089,741

Source: Pakistan Education Statistics 2022-2023

Out of School Children Rate (OOSR)

Stage	Gender	OOSR 2021-22	OOSR 2022-23	OOSC 2021-22	OOSC 2022-23
Primary (Age 5-9)	Male	31.90%	32.10%	4,972,949	5,060,457
	Female	39.50%	38.80%	5,801,941	5,794,790
	Total	35.60%	35.40%	10,774,890	10,855,247
Middle (Age 10-12)	Male	24.30%	23.30%	2,106,672	2,062,024
	Female	35.40%	34.00%	2,828,812	2,788,093
	Total	29.70%	28.50%	4,935,484	4,850,117
High (Age 13-14)	Male	42.30%	40.20%	2,306,882	2,241,050
	Female	45.30%	42.50%	2,238,655	2,163,454
	Total	43.70%	41.30%	4,545,537	4,404,504
Higher Secondary (Age 15-16)	Male	57.60%	56.60%	2,992,570	3,014,361
	Female	63.50%	61.80%	2,956,039	2,965,512
	Total	60.40%	59.10%	5,950,609	5,979,873
Primary to Higher Secondary (Age 5-16)	Male	35.50%	34.90%	12,379,073	12,377,892
	Female	42.80%	41.50%	13,827,447	13,711,849
	Total	39.00%	38.10%	26,206,520	26,089,741
Source: Pakistan Education Statistics

Out of School (5-16)

Out of School Children (5-16)	Population(5-16)	Total	Male	Female	Transgender
Pakistan	71,270,068	25,373,350	11,964,533	13,407,069	1,748
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	13,133,856	4,924,121	1,999,712	2,924,279	130
Punjab	35,578,562	9,600,164	4,772,207	4,826,873	1,084
Sindh	16,891,397	7,818,248	3,729,504	4,088,394	350
Balochistan	5,074,550	2,941,690	1,415,261	1,526,248	181
Islamabad Capital Territory	591,703	89,127	47,849	41,275	3
Source: Census 2023

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