Are children learning in school? on August 19, 2013According to the latest Annual Status of Education Report, ASER-Pakistan 2012, most children in grade five can only cope with grade two competency levels. This finding applies to students from different types of schools and in all parts of the country. The Learning Achievement in Primary Schools (LEAPS) study 2007, which focused on Punjab province […]
Education in Pakistan on August 12, 2013Reports on out of school children show large numbers of children dropping out of school before completing primary education and/or secondary education. Given that provinces are involved in the process of making legislation to ensure free and compulsory education to children between the ages of 5-16, an analysis of why there is such a high […]
Staying in school: overage and underage children on August 5, 2013According to the National Education Policy 2009, children from the age of six to 10 years should be in primary school and those from 10 to 12 years in middle school. Younger children of ages three to five years are expected to be attending pre-primary school. Any deviation from this places the child in the […]
The who, where and why of out of school children on July 29, 2013Pakistan has the highest proportion of out-of-school children (OOSC) in South Asia. The Pakistan Education Task Force reported in 2011 that roughly one in 10 of the world’s primary-age children who are not in school are in Pakistan, thereby placing Pakistan as second in the global OOSC ranking. The Out of School Children study by […]