Education is Key to Development. A country cannot
develop economically unless her literacy rate is accelerated.
This is one of the important factors regarding being
less developed in the world. Pakistan is one of the
countries in the world, which invest 2.3 % of the
G.N.P in education sector with vast human resources
base with abundance of talents. Efforts had been made
and are ongoing to boost up literacy rate to capitalize
the human resources through the economic tools of
efficiency of labour to make break through in the
vicious circle of poverty.
Information regarding literacy ratios in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
with comparison to other Provinces has been included.
It is assessed that the educational coverage presented
in this chapter is in-sufficient to provide a broad
based bench mark statistics, required for planning
purposes which revolves around targets envisaged for
universal literacy of 5-9 years population by the
turn of the century. The set of statistics relating
to evaluation of Developmental targets can only be
attained when all enrolment through private, public,
corporate, Federal Govt: and Provincial institutions
plus all these pockets being utilized to disseminate
literacy are covered.
Analytical Report on Education Sector
As usual data on three main subjects namely Number
of Educational Institutions, enrolled population therein
and their teaching strength have been presented for
the last three years. Looking at data, it is seen
that Number of all type Primary Schools has increased
from 22183 in 2005-06 to 22466 in 2007-08. Boys schools
experienced 0.83 % increase in 2007-08 over 2005-06,
while girls have increased by 2.14 % during the same
period. Mosque schools offering 1-5 classes are on
the small increase. Here almost all the two variables
i.e. Number and Teaching Staff Enrolment have gained
slight increase. Number of Mosque Schools, which were
2644 in 2005-06, increased to 2789 in 2007-08, and
enrolment in these schools increased from 117014 in
2005-06 to 146048 in 2007-08, while number of teaching
staff has increased from 3044 in 2005-06 to 3280 in
2007-08.
There are 2510 Middle Schools in the Province, 1532
for Boys and 978 for Girls in 2007-08. In 2005-06
there were 2416 Middle Schools. Enrolled population
in Middle Schools have increased from
604060 in 2005-06 to 622317 in 2007-08 (about 3.19
%). The Number of Teaching Staff in Middle Schools
has decreased from 15054 in 2005-06 to 15397 in 2007-08.
As far as High and Higher Secondary Schools
are concerned, their Number, Enrolment & Teaching
Staff are increasing. Number of High Schools increased
from 1379 in 2005-06 to 1618 in 2007-08. Boys High
Schools, which were 1069 in 2005-06, has increased
to 1173; while Girls High Schools increased from 310
in 2005-06 to 445 in 2007-08. Number of Higher Secondary
Schools has increased from 238 in 2005-06 to 272 in
2007-08.
There is no one Inter, 119degree and 14 Post Graduate
Colleges in the Province in 2007-08. At the moment,
there is no Inter College for girls as well as for
boys; however, degree colleges for girls have been
increased from 77 for boys in 2007-08. Enrolment and
teaching staff position in these colleges has improved
to some extent.
As far as Number of Technical Educational Institutions
in the Province is concerned, at the moment, there
are 20 Polytechnic Institutions/ Colleges of Technology,
19 Colleges of Management Sciences (GCMS) and 37 Technical
and Vocational Centres in the Province.
