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The issue of the lack of funding to the Pakistan education sector is no secret in this country. Despite repeated proclamations by every incoming government – be it a democratically-elected one or a dictatorship – there has been little improvement in the sector. This much is clear from the fact that Pakistan is bracketed with sub-Saharan states region when it comes to education.
The present government in its new education policy had also announced that it would achieve over 80 per cent literacy by 2015. Though how it reached either the figure or the year remains unexplained. But it is now clear that this was simply rhetoric because since then the government has not even been able to spare a meagerly two per cent of the GDP for the education sector.
Pakistan Literacy Rate
However, the biggest blow came this year to the HEC. The annual budget of a commission that was the cornerstone of General Pervez Musharraf’s education policy kept on increasing every year till 2008 elections rolled in. Since then, the HEC has seen a scaling down of the finances at its disposal; a downward revision was made last year when the budget was reduced from Rs22.5 billion to Rs15 billion for the development of public-sector universities this year.
But the woes of the HEC and higher education did not end here. The government constantly delayed the release of funds or further reduced the sums it had promised. This became such an issue over the past year that it began making headlines. And the issue came to a head this past week when the heads of 72 state-run universities warned that their institutions were about to go bankrupt due to shortage of funds. This was because of the latest steps taken by the government; besides holding back development funds, which were earmarked for the Public Sector Development Programme in the last financial year, it also refused to release money committed in the current year for the universities.
Backed into a financial corner, the academic staff of the 72 institutes announced a strike for September 22, 2010. At the same time Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani set up a special committee with Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Nadeem-ul-Haq to resolve the issue.
However, very little of this echoed in the rhetoric of our political class. This reveals the apathy of the PPP and the government and of our politicians in general. Those who regularly visit and cover proceedings of the Senate and the National Assembly can testify that no comprehensive debate on education took place in the two houses, let alone calling a special session on the issue.
Where is the young, energetic, and pro-active Choudhry Abid Sher Ali, chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee? While the vice-chancellors of all public-sector universities are up in arms because of shortage of funds, this PML-N MAN who never stopped highlighting the alleged wrongdoing of the daughter of the former Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and that of the fake degree holders is nowhere to be seen.
During a recently held meeting of the vice-chancellors committee, a number of them could be heard criticising Mr Sher Ali for not helping the committee. They also spoke against politicians in general for not according due consideration to the education sector.
During the earlier meetings of Mr Ali’s committee, a number of its members led by Dr Azra Fazal Pechucho of PPP had termed him a publicity monger who only picked up issues which attracted the media attraction. Is that why he did not bother championing the cause of the higher education sector? Because he did not think it made for a sound byte that would echo on all the channels?
What else can explain his absence from the scene? What was stopping him from calling an emergency meeting of his committee to listen to the vice-chancellors’ concern, but also play a leading role, as he did in highlighting the issue of the lawmakers with fake degrees?
Lest one think that only Mr Sher Ali is at fault, it needs to be pointed out that the National Assembly is no less guilty. Everything under the sun was discussed during its last session – September 2 to 4 – which was primarily convened to discuss flood situation. But nobody bothered to move a motion to deliberate on the higher education sector in the country.
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wht iz the littercy rate of 2012 plz cn any one tel me :/
We need to improve
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OH…porkistan is so back from india…
pakistan can surely gain the 100%by the new generation which day by day is world records in every field.
The literacy rate in Pakistan is 55% according to the government analysis, but current situation is tells us different, 75% population is living under the poverty line. How is that possible 55% population is educated?
Population below poverty line is 24% not 75% as you wrote..
poor analysis also take some education rate… check state bank data…… regards zain waraich ( masters in economics with finance) thanks
The literacy syestem in pakistan is improving day by day and i hopes it will be up to 100%
if the so called democratic government leave its lavish ways of living cut budget from president and prime-ministers houses and stop distributing money of tax payers in the name of B-nazir income support we can achieve all targets including literacy.It is best understood by saying they achieve what they want to why not be democratic and say what people want.
male and female teachers
try the best for educations level increased plzzzzzzzzzzzz…….
Paper to ho gaye hain par CSS ke papers to rehte hain
mai ap ko aik bat batana chati ho k paper to honay hai agar ap paper nahi daina chate to ap na dain………..lolx
what is the literacy rate of pakistan in 2012
please more motivation needed for to enhance people to get education to increase aur litracy rate either by the electronic aur print media
pakistan litracy rate should be increased
The Literacy rate; youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Pakistan was reported at 79.42 in 2008, according to the World Bank. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.Pakistan’s economy has suffered in the past from decades of internal political disputes, a fast growing population, mixed levels of foreign investment, and a costly, ongoing confrontation with neighboring India. However, IMF-approved government policies, bolstered by foreign investment and renewed access to global markets, have generated solid macroeconomic recovery during the last decade. In Pakistan more than five thousand schools have been destroyed by militants in around five years who consider themselves as Muslims as well. This testifies that our education has been destroyed by non others than our own Muslim brothers.Unfortunately, in Pakistan, not only a very low percentage of resources is spent on education at the primary level but the sector is also beset by certain other problems. We would advise the provincial governments to use all their energies and devote more resources to ensure that the maximum number of children, especially in the rural areas, are enrolled in government schools, which should also be supervised and monitored properly, failing which the country is destined to face a bleak future. It is very painful to see the dismal conditions in Pakistan, when other countries facing similar environments have made rapid progress in this area over the years and improved their lot.
What is the literacy rate of pakistan in 2012
can any one tel me the litracy rate?
INSHA-ALLAH Our literacy will increase. But our generation have to work hard. we have to courage our youngsters. we have to finish corruption in our institutes. As for as jobs are consurned, our goverment should improve and safe industry…..
plz any one tell me the latrecy rat in now days???????
can anyone kindly tel me the exact literacy rate tii now?
in sawat literacy rate iz 99.8 persent. and i sure in 2015 pak literacy 100 persnt
We should bring change in our Education system. The education which we learnt in schools is fake. When you searched the topics of text books there are many false things applied to our education system. I wish I can do something for this country.
be sincere with your country and do not support the corrupt people in any field
of life , this is better for your next life and it up your personality
inshah Allah our literacy rate will increase more and more…………………………………..
Pakistan have great educational system in cities leatrcy rate is very good in Pakistan but in treble areas and interiors of country it is more effected due to feudalism.
The current literacy rate of our country is almost 49.9%. We want to improve our educational system than we rise literacy rate. Another main problem is i think corruption. If we gave just 2 percent budget to education than how we improve our literacy rate. In pakistan universities are too expensive how people afford it. Please Please eliminate corruption its my humble request…
VOICE of PPP..!!!
Actually the problem is educated people in Pakistan are in surplus. Pakistan may not need more educated people. First we should create jobs for unemployeds then there would be need for universities. so let them take rest and donot make even satisfactory allocations for them.
i dont know the literacy rate so can you please tell me
inshalla we will show our talent
i hope our country’s literace rate can acheive by 2015… inshallah!!!
actually Pakistan having a lot of crises such like a power sector or like a terrisom…………..
these issues directly impose on a literacy rate of a country……….
so i wud like to say we shud both guys will be like as a one united nation then inshallah our education sector will re again in progress………
YA, right but the litteracy rate is 58% right!