Education in Pakistan

Article 25-A of the 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".

Home economics is sometimes taught to female students, whereas topics related to astronomy, environmental management and psychology are frequently included in textbooks of general science.

Provincial and regional languages such as Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto and others may be taught in their respective provinces, particularly in language-medium schools.

As of 2009, Pakistan faces a net primary school attendance rate for both sexes of 66%, a figure below estimated world average of 90 per cent.

After end of each of the school years, students are required to pass a national examination administered by a regional Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (or BISE).

Out of the formal system, the public sectors runs numerous schools and training centres, most being vocational-oriented.

[20] Informal education is also important in Pakistan and regroups mostly school-leavers and low-skilled individuals, who are trained under the supervision of a senior craftsman.

[20] Few institutes are run by corporates to train university students eligible for jobs and provide experience during education fulfilling a gap between university and industry for example: Appxone Private Limited is training Engineers with professional development on major subjects of Electronics and Computer science and other fields.

One example of this progress recently made in 2010 was that primary education is a legal right for children ranging from five to sixteen years old.

[23] Even with this improvement, due to their low social status and inequities regarding access to education, even when they comprise half of the population, women are still facing these burdens.

[31] A particularly interesting aspect of this gender disparity is representation of Pakistani women in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine).

[33][35] In 2014, Pakistan Medical and Dental Council introduced a gender-based admission policy, restricting women to 50% of available seats (based on the gender ratios in general population).

The possible solution would be low-cost private schools or LCPSs which may correct the prevailing gender inequalities in Pakistan.

[29] In the end, even with all of the Pakistani government's efforts regarding educational policies, they have tried in vain to adjust and fix the gender disparities that its country is facing.

With the inadequate education and skills, poor health conditions and lack of access to resources actually decrease the quality of female's life.

The rote learning method prevalent in Pakistan's education system perpetuates a narrow and limited viewpoint among students.

Many Pakistani leaders and teachers hold conservative beliefs that education policies need to remain aligned with national Islamic ideology, which does not focus on human rights.

Issues within the schools include defective teaching materials and curriculum, substandard and under qualified teachers, and overcrowded classrooms.

[51] Teachers in Pakistan face a range of challenges and issues that impact their ability to provide quality education to students.

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[56] Some of the famous alumni of Pakistan are as follow: Abdus Salam was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in physics for his work on the electroweak unification of the electromagnetic and weak forces.

Ismat Beg is a Pakistani mathematician famous for his work in fixed point theory, and multicriteria decision making methods.

Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy who, in 2004 at the age of nine, became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP).

[78][79] Mavalvala is best known for her work on the detection of gravitational waves in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project.

At the same time, there is a need to debate others options about how Pakistan can "invent" the miracle of raising education expenditure to 7 percent of GDP by 2015.

These include 8 districts from northern and central Punjab, 4 from Sindh (all in Karachi), Abbottabad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the capital city of Islamabad.

Feudalism and patriarchist leadership has made it harder for people in rural areas to receive formal education, this is especially true for females.

[116] After the approval of the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Education of China, SICAS institutions have exemplified and classified Chinese universities where Pakistani students recognized by pmdc come to study in China[117] through online methods As of January 2015, the International Schools Consultancy (ISC)[118] listed Pakistan as having 439 international schools.

Literacy Rate in each Pakistani District as of the 2017 Pakistan Census
Children sitting and standing in a room
A primary school in a village in the Sindh region
The University of the Punjab , established 1882 in Lahore, is the oldest university of Pakistan.
GIK Institute from the Clock Tower
Quaid-i-Azam University entrance
Pak India Comparison of Research publications per 10 million population for period 2000–2018; Pakistan green India blue;Pakistan overtook India in 2017 due to reforms introduced by Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman FRS
Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman receiving the Fellowship of Royal Society(London) from Prof. Martin Reese, after signing the 360 year old book of the Royal Society with a feather pen.
HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry is integral part of International Center of Chemical and Biological Sciences at University of Karachi, Pakistan's leading research center [ citation needed ]
Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research is part of International Center for Chemical Biological Sciences, at University of Karachi, the UNESCO Regional Center of Excellence.