Pakistan

Total population (in thousands)	188,925 (2015)
Population aged 14 years and younger (in thousands)	66,143 (2015)
Out-of-school children	5,599,070 (2015)
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Access

Education Above All project in Pakistan aims to educate 200,000 children

Story Source: Gulf Times ~ Go to Original Article Education Above All (EAA) Foundation’s global programme, Educate A Child (EAC), ...
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Pakistan will need 81,200 more schools in next 20 years

Story Source: Pakistan Today ~ Go to Original Article Pakistan will require at least 81,000 new schools in the next ...
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Educating girls is a must in the Newly Merged Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 2 Nov 2018 | by: Sumbal Naveed | Story Source: Brookings (blog) ~ Go ...
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Children with Disabilities

Punjab allocates Rs 962 million to special education sector

The Punjab government has set aside an amount of Rs 962.461 million in its budget 2016-17 under the development programme ...
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Access and learning are equally important for children with disabilities

In 2015, ASER Pakistan included children with disabilities in their large scale assessment The clock is now ticking towards the ...
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Only one in 5,800 disabled children goes to school

LAHORE: Speakers at a seminar on ‘Right to Education – Case of Children with Disabilities’ have said that the number ...
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Emergency

Schools of Badin — instead of thriving education is failing!

Murtaza Talpur OCTOBER 31, 2017 It is my hope that other students will not have to go through what I went ...
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We Are In The Middle Of An Education Emergency In Pakistan

By Fatima Suhail On Oct 13, 2017 Primary education undoubtedly plays a role of edifice in a society. The importance of education, ...
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What’s Really Keeping Pakistan’s Children Out of School?

By NADIA NAVIWALA OCT. 18, 2017 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — On a visit to a village school in the mountains near ...
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Gender

Educating girls is a must in the Newly Merged Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 2 Nov 2018 | by: Sumbal Naveed | Story Source: Brookings (blog) ~ Go ...
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Lessons from a girls’ education advocacy initiative in Pakistan

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 6 Sep 2018 | by: Jamila Razzaq | Story Source: Brookings ~ Go to Original ...
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Why do Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas have such a high gender gap in education?

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 31 Jul 2018 | by: Sumbal Naveed | Story Source: Brookings ~ Go to ...
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ICT in Education

Pakistan: Online learning: Education opportunity for disabled out of school youth

By Asad Zia, Published: April 4, 2018, The Express Tribune (Pakistan) PESHAWAR: To ensure equal education opportunities for all children in ...
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Pakistan: Sindh government to introduce smart teaching and learning project

ISLAMABAD: Sindh government, in collaboration with the Sindh Education Foundation, will introduce smart teaching and learning project in the province ...
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Pakistan: Sindh to adopt policy for out-of-school kids, adults

The Sindh government has prepared a policy to provide opportunities of meaningful education to out of school children and adults ...
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Innovative Financing

AIOU, JICA agree to promote non-formal education

January 25, 2018 Islamabad-Allama Iqbal Open University and Japan International Cooperation Agency entered into mutual understanding on Wednesday for strengthening ...
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Canada doubles funding to educate world’s children

By Lynn Desjardins 25 January, 2018 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced Canada will double its annual contribution to provide education for ...
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Punjab allocates Rs 962 million to special education sector

The Punjab government has set aside an amount of Rs 962.461 million in its budget 2016-17 under the development programme ...
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Learning Outcomes

Pakistan: The boiling point of our education emergency

Date: 23 July 2018 | By: Hisham Khan | Story Source: Daily Times (Pakistan) ~ Go to Original Article The ...
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Pakistan: Approval of 113 various development projects of education literacy department

Departmental Development Working Party (DDWP) of Education & Literacy Department under the Chairmanship of Secretary Education has approved 113 new ...
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Only education can defeat terrorism, says CM Qaim

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that education in the only weapn through which an effective war ...
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Mother Tongue

Study Calls For Educating Children In Their Mother Tongue

Story Source: Dawn ~ Go to Original Article Many children in Pakistan cannot read a sentence even after years in ...
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UN spotlights role of native tongue in education

Mother tongue education is not only a force for quality learning, it is also essential to bolster multilingualism and respect ...
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Partnership

Pakistan Launches New Data Portal for Real-time School Monitoring

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 27 Sep 2018 | by: PMIU| Story Source: PMIU ~ Go to Site Visit ...
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Pakistan: UK offers support to tackle out-of-school children issue

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 12 Sep 2018 | by: The Express Tribune | Story Source: The Express Tribune ...
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Pakistan: 1,410 out of school kids enrolled in Nilor, Tarnol

By: The News Pakistan, June 8, 2018 Islamabad : Taleem Foundation (TF) Chairman Dr Zafar Iqbal Qadir Thursday said the ...
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Policy and Curriculum

Pakistan will need 81,200 more schools in next 20 years

Story Source: Pakistan Today ~ Go to Original Article Pakistan will require at least 81,000 new schools in the next ...
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Pakistan: Speakers discuss the need for new pedagogies to enhance education

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 12 Nov 2018 | by: Sidra Maniar | Story Source: The Express Tribune (Pakistan) ~ ...
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Pakistan: The boiling point of our education emergency

Date: 23 July 2018 | By: Hisham Khan | Story Source: Daily Times (Pakistan) ~ Go to Original Article The ...
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Private Sector

Apple and Malala Fund team up to support education for girls

JANUARY 22, 2018 The technology giant will assist the campaigner's vision of getting thousands of underprivileged girls into school. Technology ...
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Pakistan’s youthful population creates education challenges

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani private schools, charitable institutions, and religious seminaries are stepping in to supplement government-run schools to help ...
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