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Pindiites the most literate in Punjab
Rawalpindi, Jan 30, 2008: Literacy rate in Rawalpindi district jumped to 70.5
percent from 74.5 percent in 2007, the District Government Literacy Department
claims. The literacy rate is stated to be the highest all through Punjab. The
Punjab literacy department had recorded Rawalpindi's literacy rate in 2006 at
70.5 percent against the province's average literacy rate of 44.09 percent. The
city had reported 64 percent literacy rate in 1998. A literacy department had
conducted a survey in the city's 10 union councils (UCs) including Kuri Dolal,
Mohra Noori, Banda, Adiala, Sihal, Kalar Syedan, Darnohian, Thatta Khalil, Tret
and Khadiot in 2006. The survey found 90.3 percent children between five and 14,
and 83.5 percent people of 15–35 years of age literate. Executive District
Officer (Literacy) Jamshaid Iqbal said there were two reasons for high literacy
rate in the city, one better public awareness about importance of education and
second migration of people to urban areas. He said people migrated to urban
localities for better education and facilities. He said the literacy department
had planned to set up 140 non-formal basic education schools (NFBES) and 200
adult literacy centres (ALCs) in the 10 UCs. However, the survey revealed that
there was requirement of 355 ALCs in the ten UCs, he said. He said his
department would require funds to open the required number of ALCs. Daily Times
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