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245,682 educational centres operational in country
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15(Dawn): Pakistan has a total of 245,682 educational
institutions in all categories, including 164,579 (i.e. 67 per cent) in the
public sector and 81,103 (i.e. 33 per cent) in the private sector, reports the
National Education Census (NEC-2005).
The census -- jointly conducted by
the Ministry of Education, the Academy of Educational Planning and Management
(AEPAM) and the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) -- reveals that the number of
private-sector institutions has increased from 36,096 in 1999-2000 to 81,103 in
2005, i.e. by 25 per cent.
The census data was collected from all over
the country including Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (Fata), Islamabad
Capital Territory (ICT), Northern Areas and Azad Jammu and Kashmir
(AJK).
Enumerators, particularly recruited for the census assignment,
visited all government, private and religious institutions and collected data on
a questionnaire.
According to the NEC-2005, of the total number of
educational institutions, 115,311 (47 per cent) were located in Punjab -- 66,770
(58 per cent) in the public sector and 48,541 (42 per cent) in the private
sector.
Sindh has 59,312 (24 per cent) institutions, out of which 46,738
(about 79 per cent) were in the public sector and 12,574 (21 per cent) in the
private sector.
There are 40,706 institutions (17 per cent) in the NWFP.
Of them, 29,430 (72 per cent) are public-sector institutions and 11,276 (28 per
cent) are private-sector institutions.
Balochistan has 11,492 (4.7 per
cent) institutions, of which, 9,742 (about 85 per cent) are in the public sector
and 1,750 (15 per cent) in the private sector.
There are 1,348 (0.5 per
cent) institutions in ICT. Out them, 598 (44 per cent) belong to the public
sector and 750 (56 per cent) to the private sector.
Fata's 5,344 (2.2 per
cent) institutions included 4,704 (88 per cent) in the public sector and 640 (12
per cent) in the private sector.
In Northern Areas, there are 4,366 (1.8
per cent) institutions, of which 1,505 (34.5) belong to the public sector and
2,861 (65.5 per cent) to the private sector.
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