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Primary education: In Karachi’s schools, politics finds a way
1,049,612 students enrolled in private institutions across city more than three times those in public schools.
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100% enrolment too much to hope for?
Mornings at a primary school for boys in district Faisalabad begin with students sweeping the floor.
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‘I am afraid the ceiling will fall on me’
Students dropped out from the school when some children were injured by large pieces of concrete that fell on them.
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In Punjab, one teacher for all
Data shows that 384 schools in the province are ‘functioning’ without a teacher.
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Primary learning: ‘Children should be taught in their mother tongue first’
Language is innate, teaching children in other languages at primary level hampers learning.
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Sukkur remembers better days
Only students who can’t afford otherwise attend public schools — although there was time when their halls...
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At school for deaf and blind, students with special needs struggle for a basic one, water
Ida Rieu School has been facing water shortages for two years due to a fault in the mainline.
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The ‘unwanted service structure’: Primary schoolteachers to boycott classes in protest
Demand change in policies affecting compensation and violating rights.
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Biscuits, literacy campaigns lure back Swat’s schoolchildren
By 2015, district govt hopes to increase primary schools enrolment to 100%.
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Hard lessons: Learning without teachers
12 govt schools likely to close down next year due to lack of facilities and staff.
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Lessons in squatting: Landlord using school as cattle shed
Zahoor turned out 48 students from the girls primary school.
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For a Gilgit school, the wait for teachers seems unending
Despite the harsh winters, many schools in Diamer, Astore, Ghizer and Ghanche, do not have a building.
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Ghost schools, ghastly state of education
With a 35% literacy rate, there is a deeper education vacuum in Balochistan than anywhere else in the country.
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Unifying education: 190 schools in Lyari under one cap
To combine all elementary, primary and secondary schools being run by separate managements in two-three rooms.
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More schools for girls
Article 25-A of the Constitution of Pakistan has made the provision of free and compulsory education to all children.
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Collateral damage: Teachers stop giving lectures, hand out ration bags instead
Ten temporary learning centres were set up by Unicef, but more needs to be done.
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Quest for knowledge: Girls being forced to study at boys’ school
Govt high school in Jabb lacking basic facilities.
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Reforming our education system
By investing in the children and youth of today, we make an active investment in the Pakistan of tomorrow.