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Current Literacy Status in PakistanLiteracy and sustainable Societies

Presented By: KASHiF JAMiLM.Phil. Education

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It is appalling that we could not develop educationally on lines told by founder of this country.

Quaid-E- Azam said

Pakistan Literacy Position

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Present Literacy Ratio

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Our Negligence It tells that how much attention we pay to

education.

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Being literate means one must know reading/writing and Speaking.

Question?????

I would like to ask that how much our school/college and university level students have grip on these things:

Every one can judge him/herself.

Meaning of literate

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If we see professional ratio

Professional ratio is nearly 3%

Though the world is fully focusing on it:

They are more producing engineers and Scientist:

Professional Education

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Srilanka has literacy rate 95% means touched peaked of education.

India has 75% though India got independence with us:

China has literacy ratio 90%

Now where we are and how it can be possible for us to keep pace with world.

Comparison with neighbors countries Our Asian Brothers

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Political Commitment The problem related to politics and politicians sits at the root of the

problems of implementation in Pakistan.. Sri Lankan reform experience suggests that successful implementation

crucially depends on the consistent support of top political and bureaucratic leadership.

Pakistan there have been many instances where governments have failed to provide the political support needed for implementing and sustaining policy initiatives.

Each new government has discontinued most programs of its predecessors soon after assuming power, for example, a literacy project titled Nai Roshni (new light) was launched in 1987 and was discontinued in 1989 with the change of government Other mass literacy programs have also failed due to low political commitment both at federal and local levels.

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Comparatively, the education budget of Pakistan in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is less than the regional countries.

The current education budget of Pakistanis just 2.5 % of GDP whilst Nepal 2.7%, Srilanka 3.2%, India 3.5% and Bangladesh is 3.5%. The low education budget shows the negligence of education. Remember, 95 per cent of education budget is incurred on salaries and maintenance.

Education Budget

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Commitment Gap

The Planning Commission's Vision 2030 document says that "We cannot spend only 2.7 per cent of GDP on education and expect to become a vibrant knowledge economy."

The result has been a low literacy rate and a poorly educated

service and tertiary sector that have made Pakistan lag behind India in its bid for markets abroad and at home.

The elitist education managed to produce top doctors, engineers, pilots, Chartered Accountants, initial bureaucrats and military personnel but failed to provide an exemplary secondary support group of nurses, technicians, cabin staff, district officers who were mostly educated in the public schools.

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Future Initiatives

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