Pakistan

Background Information

Region

South Asia

World Bank income group

Lower middle income

Percent of population aged 10-24

32% (UNFPA, 2023)

Total primary school age population (both sexes)

28,873,805 (UIS, 2023)

Total secondary school age population (both sexes)

38,158,115 (UIS, 2023)

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)

18%

Source: UNSDG , 2018

Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

54

Source: UN Human Development Reports , 2018

Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)

28%

Source: DHS , 2018

Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)

19%

Source: DHS , 2018

Education Snapshot Back to Top

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)

12

Source: UIS , 2022

Percentage of upper secondary schools providing life skills-based HIV and sexuality education within the formal curriculum or as part of extra-curricular activities

No data available

Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities Percentage of schools

  • Primary 50%

    (2021)

  • Lower secondary 30%

    (2021)

  • Upper secondary 39%

    (2021)

Source: UIS

Women as a percentage of teachers in tertiary education

No data available

Men as a percentage of teachers in pre-primary education

No data available

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education

Source: UIS , 2022

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading

  • Female 54%

  • Male 51%

Female: UIS, 2016

Male: UIS, 2016

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics

  • Female 8%

  • Male 8%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019


Experiencing bullying in the last 12 months in lower secondary education

No data available

Youth not in education, employment or training

  • Female 56%

  • Male 14%

Female: ILO, 2021

Male: ILO, 2021


Completion rate

Primary school age
  • Female 55%

  • Male 64%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Lower secondary school age
  • Female 45%

  • Male 55%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Upper secondary school age
  • Female 23%

  • Male 24%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018


Out-of-school rate

Primary school
  • Female 27%

  • Male 19%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Lower secondary school
  • Female 32%

  • Male 22%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Upper secondary school
  • Female 54%

  • Male 38%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Legal Frameworks Back to Top

Presence of legislation on child protection, to prevent corporal punishment in schools

1

No protection from violence in educational institutions

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Presence of legislation protecting the right to education without discrimination based on sex/gender

1

Does not enshrine right to education

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Presence of legislation to protect and facilitate education of pregnant adolescent girls

2

No explicit protection of the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Existence of processes to support coordinated action on gender equality in and through education by ministries, civil society, youth organizations and other actors

Data coming soon!

Existence of systematic processes to review and update curricula and learning resources, with a view to eradicating gender stereotypes and promoting gender equality

Data coming soon!

Training on gender-responsive pedagogies is embedded in teacher training programmes

Data coming soon!


Programs Back to Top

Research Project/Report/Study

Adolescent Girls’ Voices on Enhancing their own Productivity

Network/Convening/Conference

Asia Pacific Region National Education Coalitions COVID-19 Zoom Conference

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

Australia Awards Scholarships

Network/Convening/Conference

Better Life, Better Future

Project/Program

Broad Class Listen to Learn Interactive Radio Instruction Program

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

COVID-19 Initiative: Objectives to address the Immediate and Long-term Implications of the Pandemic on Girls' Education

Research Project/Report/Study

COVID-19 in Pakistan: A Phone Survey to Assess Education, Economic, and Health-Related Outcomes

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

Creating Pathways for the Educational Success of Girls

Project/Program

Curriculum for Accelerated Learning Programme

Research Project/Report/Study

DeliverED Initiative

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

Education and Training

Advocacy Campaign/Project

Enough

Project/Program

GIRLS Inspire project

Network/Convening/Conference

Her Choice

Advocacy Campaign/Project

Keeping Girls in School

Project/Program

LitClub

Project/Program

More Than Brides Alliance: Marriage: No Child's Play

Research Project/Report/Study

Partnership for Research on Progress and Resilience in Education (PREPARE)

Research Project/Report/Study

Programmatic approaches to the gender-related impacts of COVID-19 on education: Lessons from 2020

Research Project/Report/Study

Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE)

Project/Program

Sindh Education Non-State Actors programme (SENSA)

Research Project/Report/Study

Strengthening Monitoring and Reporting of Attacks on Education

Project/Program

Teach and Educate Adolescent Girls with Community Help (TEACH)

Project/Program

Tine Girls Model School Project

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

UNESCO Malala Fund for Girls’ Right to Education

Research Project/Report/Study

Who Is Going Back to School? A Four-Country Rapid Survey in Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan

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