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Literacy rate rose by just 1pc in 2005-06
ISLAMABAD, Sep 8: According to findings of the Pakistan Social & Living Standard
Measurement Survey (PSLM) 2005-06, the literacy rate in the country has gone up
to 54 per cent in 2005-06 against 53 per cent in 2004-05, showing an improvement
by only one per cent.
The literacy rate was 45 per cent in the country,
according to the Pakistan Integrated Household Survey (PIHS) conducted in
2001-02.
The Punjab government has failed to boost the literacy rate
despite spending millions of dollars on its "Parha Likha Punjab" programme",
while the Balochistan government has claimed to achieve marvellous results by
increasing the literacy rate to 39 per cent in the province.
The Punjab
government led by Ch Pervaiz Elahi has spent millions of dollars in the last
couple of years on the education sector with the help of donors, especially the
World Bank, but it has failed to boost the literacy rate in the province,
according to the results of the official survey conducted by the federal
government to assess social indicators.
However, the Balochistan
government has claimed a 200 per cent increase in enrolment at primary school
level, especially girls, during the last four years. "The literacy ratio which
was only 24 per cent on average and has now reached 39 per cent," states an
official report prepared by the Balochistan government and exclusively made
available to us on Friday.
However, according to the latest data
compiled by the government of Pakistan, in Sindh the literacy rate declined by
one percentage point in 2005-06 as it stood at 55 per cent in accordance with
the results of the official survey against 56 per cent in 2004-05.
In
Punjab, the literacy rate went up to 56 per cent in 2005-05 against 55 per cent
in 2004-05. There were 66 per cent literate males and 47 per cent literate
female in 2005-06 against 65 per cent literate males and 44 per cent literate
females in 2004-05.
The literacy rate in Sindh stood at 55 per cent in
2005-06 with 67 per cent literate males and 42 per cent literate female
literates. The literacy ratio in the province was 56 per cent in 2004-05 with 68
per cent literate males and 41 per cent literate females. It means that the male
literacy rate declined by one percentage point during the 2005-06 as compared to
2004-05 in Sindh.
The literacy rate in the MMA-led NWFP went up to 46 per
cent in 2005-06 against 45 per cent in 2004-05, showing an improvement of one
percentage point. There are 64 per cent literate males and 30 per cent literate
females in 2005-06 against 64 per cent literate males and 26 per cent literate
females in 2004-05.
It shows that the female literacy rate increased by
four per cent during 2005-06 in the NWFP.
The literacy rate in
Balochistan stood at 38 per cent in 2005-06 against 37 per cent in 2004-05.
There were 54 per cent literate males and 20 per cent literate females in
2005-06 compared with 52 per cent literate males and 19 per cent literate
females in 2004-05.
The primary NER decreased in the Punjab by one
percentage point during 2005-06 compared with the previous fiscal year 2004-05.
The primary NER in Punjab was 57 per cent in 2005-06 compared with 58 per cent
in 2004-05.
The primary NER increased in Sindh as it stood at 50 per cent
in 2005-06 against 48 per cent in 2004-05. The net enrolment ratio at primary
level in the NWFP was 48 per cent in 2005-06 against 47 per cent in
2004-05.
The primary NER decreased in Balochistan as it stood at 34 per
cent in 2005-06, which was 37 per cent in 2004-05, showing a downfall by 3
percentage points.
The Gross Enrolment Rate (GER) at primary level
increased by one percentage point, as it was 87 per cent in 2005-06 compared
with 86 per cent in 2004-05. The GER at primary level in Punjab stood at 94 per
cent, Sindh 80 per cent, the NWFP 82 per cent and Balochistan 65 per cent in
2005-06.
In the Punjab, the middle level NER stands at 20 per cent in
2005-05 and it was at the same level of 20 per cent in 2004-05. The middle level
NER decreased in all other three provinces, i.e. Sindh, the NWFP and
Balochistan, during 2005-06 compared with the previous year.
The middle
level NER in Sindh was 17 per cent in 2005-06 against 18 per cent in 2004-05.
The NER for middle level in the NWFP was 14 per cent in 2005-06 against 16 per
cent in 2004-05. The NER for middle level in Balochistan stood at seven per cent
in 2005-06 against eight per cent in 2004-05.
The middle level Gross
Enrolment Ratio (GER) increased in 2005-06 as it stood at 49 per cent in
accordance with the latest survey against 46 per cent a year earlier on
2004-05.
The middle level GER in Punjab stood at 53 per cent, Sindh 44
per cent, the NWFP 52 per cent and Balochistan 37 per cent during 2005-06. The news
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Education News| Updated: 06 Jan, 2009 |
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