Pakistan

AME EDUCATION

SECTOR PROFILE

Education Structure

Education System Structure and Enrollments 2004

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Education Structure

Education Configuration and Enrollment Percentages % Net Enrollments

Classification Level/Grade Ages 2004 2007

Pre-primary Pre-school 3-4 39% --

Pre-university

Primary, grades 1-5 5-9 65% 66%

Lower Secondary, grades 6-8 10-12 35% 42%*

Upper secondary, grades 9-12 13-16 25% 21%*

TertiaryUndergraduate study

N/A N/A N/A

Post graduate study*Gross Enrollment Rate

Source: UNESCO UIS

Compulsory education in Pakistan consists of grades 1-5.

Education Access: Pre-university

•Primary enrollment has increased slightly.•General secondary enrollment increased 10% in five years.

Source: UNESCO UIS

Education Access: Tertiary

University enrollments have more than doubled in the last five years.

Source: UNESCO UIS

Education Access: Gender

Girls’ enrollments lags behind boys’ by more than 15% but the gap is narrowing slightly.

Source: UNESCO UIS

Education Access: Gender

•Boys’ secondary enrollments are increasing steadily. •Girls’ enrollments have experienced uneven progress at the secondary level.

Source: UNESCO UIS

Education Quality: Completion

Source: World Bank EdStats

•Girls are making steady progress at improved completion rates.•Boys’ rates have stalled at 70%.

Education Quality: Testing

Source:

Pakistan does not participate in any international student achievement testing.

Education Equity: Academic Disparities

2004 2005 2006 2007

General Secondary 97.7% 97.2% 97.6% 97.8%

Vocational Secondary 2.3% 2.8% 2.4% 2.2%

Total Students 5,609,431 5,436,123 5,691,715 6,272,536

Percentage Vocational Enrollments at Secondary Education

•Pakistan’s system is not heavily dependent on the vocational system at the secondary level. Only about 2% of students attend vocational secondary education.

Source: UNESCO UIS

Education Efficiency: Expenditure

Source: World Bank

Pakistan spends the majority of its education budget on primary education in order to get the foundation level built up again.

Education Efficiency: Repetition

Source: World Bank EdStats

Pakistan spends a relatively small amount of its GDP on education and the system is not efficient in reducing repetition rates in relation to its investment.