This fact based informative booklet is construed from a study based on primary data gathered from 10 districts of Sindh that includes Mirpur Khas, Thatta, Dadu,Hyderabad, Karachi East, Larkana, Sukkur, Umer Kot, Karachi Central and Sanghar. The study reached out to three core groups, i.e. Adults (including parents, SRHR experts, media personnel, religious scholars, policy […]
Since 2013, Balochistan has made some progress in curtailing teacher absenteeism, identifying ghost schools and partially addressing the inequality between the numbers of primary schools and the number of middle and high schools. Between 2011–2012 and 2016–17, the budget for education rose from Rs. 22.66 billion to Rs. 48.61 billion. However, significant challenges remain. While […]
Overview Since 2008, governments in KP have made efforts to improve school facilities and infrastructure, increase budgets and invest in teachers. During the last five years, KP is the only province that has regularly allocated more than 20% of total budgets to education. In 2011–2012 the total allocation for education stood at Rs. 63.17 billion. […]
12 years of quality education Pakistan’s Right to Education Act 2012 guarantees every child aged 5 to 16 the right to a free and compulsory education. However, the act is not implemented — and girls are left without the education they need to build a better future for their families, communities and country. Pakistan’s education […]
Since 2003, Punjab has made significant efforts to reform school infrastructure, teachers’ management and overall education sector governance. Yet given the scale of the problem in the province, the need for a renewed focus and increased resourcing is urgent. The provincial government is currently conducting an education policy review. The 2011 Punjab Education Policy estimated […]
Though Sindh’s Education Sector Plan (ESP) commits to improving equity, access, quality, accountability and financing in the province, there has been little progress for girls. While the total education budget in Sindh increased by 39% between 2014–15 and 2017–18 , there has not been a significant accompanying increase in school enrolment numbers. Lack of secondary schools […]
COVID-19 outbreak was first time experienced in the Wuhan City of China at the end of December 2019. Different steps have been taken worldwide for the control of COVID-19. Even with less resources Pakistan also taken rigorous measures like designed special hospitals, laboratories for testing, quarantine facilities, awareness campaign and lock down to control the […]
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Early age marriage of girls is not only violation of their right to education but at the same time girls are deprived of their right to childhood, health and choosing husband of their own choice. It can be considered as a dilemma of our society that a woman is shipped into certain type of traditional […]