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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.