To what extent you are satisfied with the aims of education of our country? Discuss the influence of these aims on the historical development of education in Pakistan and explain briefly different trends in education evident in Pakistan now a days?
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Education in Pakistan is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education and the provincial governments, whereas the federal government mostly assists in curriculum development, accreditation and in the financing of research and development. Article 25-A of Constitution of Pakistan obligates the state to provide free and compulsory quality education to children of the age group 5 to 16 years. "The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of five to sixteen years in such a manner as may be determined by law".[3]
Education in
Pakistan
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Educational oversight
Shafqat Mahmood
Minister of Education
General details
Primary languages
English, Urdu
System type
State, federal and private
Literacy (2019[1])
Total
68%
Male
76%
Female
49%
Enrollment
Total
72,029,310[2]
Primary
50,650,011[2]
Secondary
20,884,400[2]
Post secondary
4,949,000[2]
The education system in Pakistan[4] is generally divided into six levels: preschool (for the age from 3 to 5 years), primary (grades one through five), middle (grades six through eight), high (grades nine and ten, leading to the Secondary School Certificate or SSC), intermediate (grades eleven and twelve, leading to a Higher Secondary School Certificate or HSSC), and university programs leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees.[5]
The literacy rate ranges from 82% in Islamabad to 23% in the Torghar District.[6] Literacy rates vary regionally, particularly by sex. In tribal areas female literacy is 9.5%,[7] while Azad Jammu & Kashmir has a literacy rate of 74%.[8] Moreover, English is fast spreading in Pakistan, with more than 92 million Pakistanis (49% of the population) having a command over the English language. On top of that, Pakistan produces about 445,000 university graduates and 10,000 computer science graduates per year.[9] Despite these statistics, Pakistan still has low literacy rate.[10] And Pakistan also has the second largest out of school population (16.8 million children)[11] after Nigeria.
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