HOW TO IMPROVE LITERACY RATE IN PAKISTAN

The population of Pakistan is 190 Million. 96 956 749 males as of 31

December 2015
93 857 571 females as of 31 December 2015
97 270 741

Current male population (50.8%)

94 161 528

Current female population (49.2%)

Literacy of population

According to our estimates 72 392 023 persons or 58.75% of adult population (aged 15 years and
above) in Pakistan are able to read and write. Accordingly about 50 818 692 adults are illiterate.
Literacy rate for adult male population is 71.5% (45 254 475 persons). 18 036 727 are illiterate.
Literacy rate for adult female population is 45.29% (27 137 547 persons). 32 781 966 are
illiterate.
Youth literacy rates are 81.46% and 69.33% for males and females accordingly. The overall
youth literacy rate is 75.59%. Youth literacy rate definition covers the population between the
ages of 15 to 24 years.
Source: The estimation data for section "Pakistan population literacy" is based on the latest data published by UNESCO
Institute for Statistics (retrieved March 13, 2016) .

Pakistan is third world country thats why literacy rate is Pakistan is very low.
many people who live in Pakistan is very uneducated. Poverty is the main reason
of illiteracy mostly people have to struggle for their basic needs but he fail to fulfill
their requirements, the educational facilities provided responsibility by the
government. Government should allocate more fund for the education sector. If we
improve the literacy rate in Pakistan we must be focus of rular area and must be
entertain such area because such areas have no primary schools if we seriously
want to increase our literacy rate than we thought and focus on our rural areas as
well. We all knows very well Pakistan is a poor country and Pakistani mostly
people have not manage their basic needs as well. Thats why we must be
introduce free education. Child labor is a big problem for facing Pakistan many
family not able to monthly expenditure thats why children going to work different

store and industry to earn the money and support own family and not going to
school to get education. Education in Pakistan is very costly private school have
monopoly such school charge heavy fees the poor men cannot be afford this fees.
Government should be check and balance this institution and equal right all the
people only elite class able to pay heavy fees and thats why rich age becoming
richer and poor are becoming poorer in Pakistan. Government should be equal
course all education institution indeed this institution private or government. some
schools teachers is not able to well educated in government schools government
needs to such teacher to train the modern courses and increase as such teachers
knowledge.

Free education system should be promoted so that people who belong to the lower social class
can get benefit as well. Some zakat based schools should be established so that people can join
hands with government to ameliorate this problem. Another key factor of high illiteracy rate in
Pakistan is child labor. Child benefits should be provided by the government and strict laws
should be implemented to forbid parents to use their children to make money. The private sector
should play its role to propagate education in the country.
Today, education in Pakistan is for those who can afford the high fees of private schools. Elite
class, bureaucrats and high officials are not paying any attention to educate the peasantry. They
are retaining education within their circle, thats why rich are becoming richer and poor are
becoming poorer in our society. Private sector should allocate a number of seats for the lower
social class to cater them with good quality as well as free education
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Pakistan is among the most densely populated countries of the world. Currently, over 180
million people reside here making it the 6th most populous country of the world. People
belonging to various casts, culture and color can be found. The overall literacy rate has always
been a huge concern here.
Pakistan has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world and according to the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), it is 55 per cent and Pakistan
stands at 160th in total countries of the world.
Many schools and colleges are entering the education industry especially in various big cities of
Pakistan but those living in rural areas are on a greater loss. Even if children want to study, they
cant, due to lack of resources or family pressure. The main reason for families not allowing their
children especially girls to study is again illiteracy.

Proper education provides a child with lifelong benefits. It does not just give you knowledge, but
also makes you a better person. It provides you with social acceptability in the society and gives
you empowerment regarding decision making, problem solving and even multi-tasking.
Education should not be considered as a want in fact, it should be perceived as a need for every
living human being on earth.
The general understanding of literacy is to be able to read and write but unfortunately millions of
people in Pakistan are deprived of even that. Pakistan is divided into multiple provinces and
each province is facing different literacy scenarios.
Punjab

Having over 56% of countries population makes Punjab one of the most populous provinces of
Pakistan. It consists of many important cities such as Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Bahawalpur,
Gujranwala, Multan, Sialkot and so on. Over 3.8 million illiterate people currently reside in
Punjab. This means that millions of people over the age of 15 cannot read or write in any
language.
There are only six districts in Punjab that have above 70pc literacy rate. They are Lahore,
Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Chakwal and Gujrat. Most of the improvements have been seen at the
primary level. Still a lot of work needs to be done in order to bring a bigger change.

Sindh

Known for having a population of over 25 million people, Sindh can be called the most
populated province of Pakistan. As far as its literacy rates are concerned, they are below 50
percent in rural areas. Karachi is leading the race and the rest are not even on the second or third
position. Hyderabad, Mirpur Khas, Larkana and Jamshoro are a few other cities that can see a
reasonable amount of literacy rate. On the whole, many children are deprived of education due to
which a greater percentage of child labor can also be witnessed.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Due to increasing security threats, families here are always concerned about sending children to
schools. According to a recent report, the overall literacy rate in this province is 50%. Peshawar
is among the most densely populated cities of KPK and is known for having a number of private
and public schools. Some of the other major cities such as Mansehra, Mardana and Mingora are
still deprived of a proper educational system.
Balochistan

For being an arid desert and a mountainous region, this province has always had hardships in
building school based amenities. Just over one-quarter (28%) of the population 10 years and over
is literate, with males 39% and females 16%. The barren land plays the role of a barrier in most
of the cities resulting in a very poor literacy rate.
It is a challenge for Pakistan to improve its literacy rate and the situation demands that the
government rethink the whole issue of literacy. Children are among the most valuable assets to
any country and they need to be provided with proper education no matter what circumstances.
Education works as a foundation for any child, it needs to be strong and firm in order to change
the face of Pakistan.
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A new approach to increase literacy rate in Pakistan

Pakistan, a country of 173.51 million people, urban 63.05m and rural 110.46m, (National
Institute of Population Studies, NIPS 2012), is one of the few countries in the world where the
number of illiterates is rising (Financing Quality Basic Education for All in Pakistan, Pakistan
Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency, June 2010). The latest figures from the
UNESCO Institute for Statistics show that there are 5,125 thousands out-of-school children
(Source: UIS database, 2012) in Pakistan, second highest in the world after Nigeria. The Human
Development Report 2010 states that some of 6.8 million children in Pakistan are out-of-school.
The dropout rate is the highest in the world; around 50% children leave school before they
complete their secondary school certificate. Half of its population is already illiterate, and the
budget allocation toward education is very low (National Education Policy 2009). It is facing
serious challenges in the field of education besides political, economic, military, natural
disasters, immense energy crises, and War on Terror (WoT), which are hampering the overall
development of the country. The government is unable to cater the educational needs of the
country on its own. The public-private partnership in the education sector could play a vital role
but the poor performance of the past education policies in the country have left this gap wide
open. The private education sector has become a huge business entity. As a result, three different
education systems emerged in the country namely private, public and Madresseh school system.
This educational inequality has divided the society into three different classes. The private
schools represent elite class, public schools the middle class and the Madresseh the poor
community, especially living in the rural areas. This inequality has also caused
huge socioeconomic difference in the country. Though it is too late to include local people in
educational development at grass root level but still educational devolution is a commendable
step of the government of Pakistan.
The past policies and plans in the education sector could not reach their targets because of lack of
good governance, incompetence, miss-coordination in public policies, absence of an effective
monitoring and accountability mechanism, and lack of community participation in decision
making, policy implementation at local level (NEP 2009, Federal Ministry of Education,
Government of Pakistan). At the time of inception, Pakistan Educational Conference 1947
targeted free and compulsory Universal Primary Enrollment (UPE) by 1967; Commission on
National Education in 1959 intended to get it by 1980, the New Education Policy 1970
determined universal enrollment up to class 5 by 1980, the Education Policy 1972 showed
resolution of UPE for boys by 1979 and for girls 1984, the National Education Policy 1979
committed it for boys by 1986-87 and for girls by 1984, and the National Education Policy 1992
devoted to reach it by 2002 (M.Ahsan, 2003, pp.259-80). The National Education Policy 19982010 proposed literacy rate 70% by 2003 and 85% by 2010 (National Education Policy 19982010, Government of Pakistan). However, the current National Education Policy 2009 has not

given a specific time scale with regard to literacy improvement. It simply said that eradication of
illiteracy would be made possible within the shortest time through universalizing of the quality.
(National Education Policy 2009, Government of Pakistan).
We need a paradigm shift in our approach to eradicate illiteracy in the country. The students at
college and university level should be motivated with some incentives to play their national role
in increasing literacy rate. If they are given extra 20 marks towards their next admission at
university level or in getting public job and ask them to work as a volunteer literacy teacher for
3 months at least and make 100 people literate in their most convenient area.
In the Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) of the Economics and Social Council (ECOSOC) of
the United Nations in July 2011, Pakistan voluntarily agreed to present its national report on the
ARM theme, Implementing the Internationally Agreed Goals and Commitments in Regards to
Education. The key challenges in education in Pakistan are discussed in the report. They are:
1. Large number of out of school children, illiterate adults, and poor quality of
education.

ii.

Lack of financial resources

iii.

The Eighteenth Constitutional Amendment and Devolution of the Ministry of Education

iv.

Weak coordination among international development partners

v.

Building institutional capacity in the provincial education departments

vi.

Lack of supervision and monitoring

vii.

Ineffective public-private partnership

viii.

Lack of community participation

The report illustrated the financial constraints in reaching the net enrolment rate of 100% by
2015. There is need of enormous improvements in governance and implementation and a fund of
over Rs.1000 billion to attain maximum rate of literacy. If Pakistan wants to literate 36 million
more people in the next five years it requires Rs.178 billion. To achieve Education For All (EFA)
and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) National Education Policy 2009 endorses
increasing budget allocation to education to 7% of GDP by 2015. In 2009/10 this allocation was
only 1.8% of GDP (AMR, 2011).
If we can give them 20 extra marks for taking NCC (National Cadet Corps) or learning the Holy
Quran by heart, we can also give them 20 more marks if they make 100 people literate during

their student life at college or university level. There are 0.213 million boys and 0.218 million
girls at degree level whereas total enrollment at postgraduate level is 1.108 million in Pakistan
(Pakistan Education Statistics 2010-2011). This new approach can ensure maximum literacy rate
in no time in Pakistan.

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