Pakistan Education Sector Reforms Efforts Government of PakistanMinistry of Education

Scheme of PresentationPresent Environment of Education:Literacy Rates in Pakistan by GenderNumber of Institutions, Enrolment and Teaching StaffPublic Institutions: Missing FacilitiesEducational Institutions by Medium of Instruction.Comparative Summary of EnrolmentEnrollment & Drop-outs up to Intermediate Level 2000 & 2005Enrolment by Gender and locationVocational and Technical Institutions (Diploma and Certificate Programs)Number of Deeni Madaris by Enrolment and Teaching StaffBudgetary Allocation for EducationReforms Undertaken

Present Environment of Educationa. Literacy Rate in Pakistan by GenderSources: Population Census, 1998 and Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement (PSLM) Survey 2004-05

Census 1998 (in %)PSLM 2004-05 (in %)Total Male Female Total Male Female Pakistan445532536540Punjab46.657.235.1556545SindhUrban63.769.856.7728062Rural25.737.912.2385618Total45.354.534.8566841NWFP35.451.418.8456426Balochistan24.834.014.1375219

b. Number of Institutions, Enrolment and Teaching Staff Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

Area Educational InstitutionsNon-FunctionalEnrolmentTeaching StaffPakistan227,79112,73733,379,5781,356,802Punjab110,4592,74218,298,608716,768Sindh51,0067,4426,552,795290,749NWFP37,7611,7815,206,932198,893Balochistan10,9863061,110,16250,893ICT1,18923390,88819,387FATA5,145123605,43722,079Northern Area3,977128354,96215,196AJK7,268192859,79442,837

c. Public Institutions: Missing Facilities Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

Province Without Boundary Wall Without Drinking Water Without Electricity without Latrine Without Building 2000200520002005200020052000200520002005Pakistan7286553,48156,09446,76699,59781,63378,65557,21621,1269,776Punjab29,85018,33912,91813,69043,11032,18936,65222,2066,9463,433Sindh18,68914,83817,91011,58625,00522,14918,81512,8429,8344,001NWFP12,0939,01412,7409,77417,35913,71611,13810,3922,2011,214Baloch-istan7,6565,4479,0105,6212,1526,9508,7386,1371,481585ICT635154324120563906-FATA1,8391,2751,8522,0131,7972,0451,8392,079110292FANA9107484921,0859031,0331,12673810436AJK1,7653,7691,1182,9651,6143,5311,7742,783444215

d. Educational Institutions by Medium of Instruction * It includes Pushto, Balochi, ArabicSource: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

Type# of InstitutionsMedium of Instruction (in %)UrduEnglishSindhiOthers*Total22779164.610.415.59.5Boys5786877.32.96.713.2Girls4847578.32.69.39.8Mixed12144853.117.122.27.6Public151,74468.31.422.47.9Boys50,26582.21.27.59.1Girls4187880.61.46.711.3Mixed59,60148.01.643.47.0Private76,04757.228.41.812.7Boys6,59763.710.72.623.0Girls7,60244.41.41.352.9Mixed61,84758.032.11.77.7

e. Comparative Summary of Enrollment*Increase based on base year 2000Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

Area Enrolment at all levels (Primary to Tertiary) 20002003Increase in % over 20002005Increase in % over 2000Pakistan22,584,64023,871,5515.733,379,57847.8Punjab12,574,34913,193,5564.918,298,60845.5Sindh4,391,5944,765,0618.56,552,79549.2NWFP3,473,4813,619,8944.25,206,93249.9Balochistan841,033881,2794.81,110,16232.0ICT190,520206,5798.4390,888105.2FATA436,107499,92114.6605,43738.0FANA125,017140,48412.4354,962184.0AJK552,539564,7242.2859,79455.6

f. Enrollment & Drop-outs up to Intermediate Level 2000 & 2005Up to Class 12Up to Class 10Up to Class 8

Up to Class 5

0.0761.3113.074

12.480Inter & HSSC*Secondary Middle

Primary

Student Enrolment in Public Institutions 1999-2000 2004-05 Dropout StageDropouts 1999-2000Dropouts 2004-050.7081.4793.323

14.82930.14%22.41%24.5%53.0%

0.023

0.294

0.753

6.61415.7%15.68%15.9%31.3%

0.1110.2320.528

4.6410.5391.3166.86546.30% 39.60% 36.44%During Inter/HSSCDuring Secondary (SSC)During MiddleDuring PrimaryAfter MiddleAfter PrimaryAfter SecondaryTotal: 16.941 MillionTotal: 7.684 MillionTotal: 5.512 MillionTotal: 20.339 MillionNote: (i) Total eligible for enrolment (3 to 16 age group):50.270 million52.256 million(ii) Enrolment in Public and Private Institutions:25.072 million33.379 million(iii) Enrolment in Public Sector:16.941 million21.258 million(iv) Children do not enroll.25.198 million18.877 million* Data for Inter/HSSC relate to Academic Year 2000-01.

1999-2000 2004-2005

g. Enrolment by Gender and LocationSource: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

Province/AreaTotalMaleFemaleRuralUrbanPakistan33,379,57818,981,213 57%14,398,365 43% 19,159,89757%14,219,68143%Punjab18,298,6089,795,492 54%8,503,116 46% 10,374,09357%7,924,51543%Sindh6,552,7953,844,929 59%2,707,866 41%2,551,36839%4,001,42761%NWFP5,206,9323,322,543 64%1,884,389 36%3,936,92576%1,270,00724%Balochistan1,110,162713,683 64%396,479 36%662,44760%447,71540%ICT390,888208,998 53%181,890 47%90,72223%300,16677%FATA605,437440,285 73%165,152 27%605,437100%-Northern Area354,962190,621 54%164,341 46%288,64181%66,32119%AJK859,794464,662 54%395,132 46%650,26476%209,53024%

h. Vocational and Technical Institutions(Diploma and Certificate Programs) Source: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

AreaInstitutionsEnrolmentTeachersPakistan3,059238,68715,339Punjab1,455116,4127,883Sindh45457,8552,780NWFP72748,3423114Balochistan484,538451ICT543,612265FATA351,520134FANA1867,633272AJK1005,045440

i. Number of Deeni Madaris by Enrolment and Teaching staffSource: National Education Census (NEC), 2006

Area No. of Deeni Madaris CoveredNo. of Deeni Madaris RefusalNo. of Deeni Madaris for which Data is CollectedEnrolmentTeaching StaffPakistan1297982612153154924258391Punjab5459159530067428124977Sindh1935119181631269311951NWFP2843275256833698312058Balochistan76999670655972891ICT77156210557657FATA135439214162481FANA1193391154885403160AJK56877491464292216

Budgetary Allocation for Education (Rs. In Billion)Source: Details of demands for grants and appropriations 2006-07, GoP, Finance Div. Budget books of the Govt. of Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan and AJ&K for 2006-07. Official communications from various Federal Ministries/Divisions addressed to the MoE. Official Communications from the District Governments to the MoE.*Estimated

2000-012005-062006-07Ministry of Education5.086.89.55Higher Education Commission-22.2027.58Other Federal Ministries2.907.407.59Punjab31.3960.7583.97Sindh16.1628.9039.92NWFP11.3518.2323.68Balochistan4.738.869.63AJK2.253.754.63 FATA1.492.103.78FANA0.490.981.39Total (Public Sector)75.88160.00211.77 Total (Private Sector)12.0035.9140.69*Grand Total87.88195.91252.46GDP(mp) (Economic survey 2005-06) on current factor cost.3,8637,713-Education Budget as % of GDP2.27%2.53%-

Uniform academic session from 1st of September throughout the country.Free education upto Matriculation.Provision of free textbooks.Grant of scholarships and incentives to girl students.English language compulsory from Class-1 onwards.Composite examination at Matric level throughout the country from 2007, province of Sindh will adopt it in 2008.Provision of missing facilities in schools through PESR (Rs. 1.05 billion for 2006-07).Reforms UndertakenContinue

Introduction of English as medium of instruction for Science, Mathematics and Computer Science. Islamiyat and Pakistan Studies in Urdu in all schools.Social Studies for Classes VI-VIII bifurcated into History and Geography as compulsory subjects. New Scheme of Studies approved and notified with effect from 2007.Budgetary allocations for education increased.Continue

New curriculum:Information Technology / Computer Education from Class-VI.All duplication in subjects eliminated.Contents do not reflect thinking of any particular sect / school of thought.Ethics, moral education and Haqooq-ul-ibad included.Curriculum upgraded to ensure latest developments / ideas in science and technology. Progressive with vertical and horizontal linkages. New Groups i.e. Medical Technology Group and Computer Science Group introduced in Class XI-XII.Continue

Ordinance issued for regulatory authority for registration of private sector educational institutions. Format of the question papers for the Board examinations revised. The papers will have three parts: i.20% objective questions. The questions will have multiple choices. ii.50% questions for short answers. iii.30% questions for descriptive answers. -During 2006 teachers being trained to prepare children to answer questions on this pattern from 2007.Continue

NAVTEC established to ensure: Vocational Schools: at each Tehsil and at industrial clusters. All dropout from schools be encouraged to enroll.Polytechnic Institutes: at District level for matriculates to produce technicians /supervisors.Technical Colleges: 4/5 in each province for F.Sc. qualified students to produce technical graduates.Teachers status improved, recruitment of female teachers given priority.National textbook policy formulated.Curriculum for the following eleven core compulsory subjects have been revised:

IslamiatIII-XIIPhysics IX-XIIUrdu I-XIIChemistryIX-XIIEnglishI-XIIBiologyIX-XIIPakistan StudiesIX-XMathematicsI-XIIHistory VI VIIIGeneral Science IV-VIIIGeographyVI-VIII

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