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Of the 22.8 million out-of-school children in Pakistan 53 per cent are girls and 47 per cent are boys. Pakistan cannot overcome its education crisis without ensuring at least 12 years of education for every Pakistani girl. #InvestInGirlsEdu
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The present public schools’ enrollment of girls between 5 to 16 years (Grade 1-10) is 7.73 million and the number of out of school girls is 8.96 million. #InvestInGirlsEdu #STEMeducation

There are fewer girls’ schools as compared to boys’ schools at every educational level in Pakistan. #InvestInGirlsEdu
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Nearly 10.7 million boys and 8.6 million girls are enrolled at the primary level but this number drastically drops to a mere 3.6 million boys and 2.8 million girls at the lower secondary level. #InvestInGirlsEdu #STEMeducation

The net enrolment rate for girls is 53% at the primary level, 21% at middle and only 14% at the high school level.
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The literacy rate of women in Pakistan stands only at 45%. Increasing the literacy rate of women results in improving economic growth,  reduce child marriages, reduce poverty, develop leadership skills and decrease infant mortality rate. #InvestInGirlsEdu #STEMeducation

An estimated 37.3% of the primary school-going aged girls are currently not attending school. #InvestInGirlsEdu
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An estimated 69% of the secondary school-going aged girls are currently not attending school. #InvestInGirlsEdu

The number of secondary schools in Pakistan (i.e. 29,004) are disproportionately lower compared to the number of primary schools (i.e.119,149). #InvestInGirlsEdu

The total primary schools in urban areas are 10,843, which is one-tenth of the number of primary schools in the rural areas, i.e. 108,306. #InvestInGirlsEdu
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The number of out-of-school girls has dropped from 13.75 million in 2012-13 to 12.16 million in 2016-17. Although the number of out of school girls has reduced over the years, 49% of the girls in the age group of 5-16 years still remain out of school. #InvestInGirlsEdu

Student–teacher ratio is the number of students who attend a school divided by the number of teachers in the institution. A low student-teacher ratio is the main factor in an effective learning process. #InvestInGirlsEdu

Pakistan at the secondary level has an average student-teacher ratio of 20 in the urban and 15 at the rural areas. This ratio is better than the primary level because of the decline in enrollment in the secondary instead of large number teachers. #InvestInGirlsEdu

Some indicators of girls dropping out of schools are socio-economic conditions, number of children in the family, socio-cultural norms, population density of the area, food deficiency, medical and labor market conditions. #InvestInGirlsEdu

Even though the number of girls’ secondary schools is higher in rural areas, the post-primary dropout rate is also much sharper.  for every 100 girls enrolled in Grade One of urban areas 77 of them complete Grade 10. #InvestInGirlsEdu

Child marriages is a major reason of girls unable to complete their basic education of at least 12 years. #InvestInGirlsEdu

The retention rate of the girls’ enrolled in the schools must be monitored and increased to ensure more girls are able to complete their basic education especially from the rural areas. #InvestInGirlsEdu

According to Article 25-A, course books must be provided students free of cost. In Addition, providing school uniform to students will encourage parents to send their daughters to schools and reduce dropouts. #InvestInGirlsEdu

The state must ensure provision of nutritional support in schools by mandating snack boxes – This will not only be an important incentive for children coming from impoverished households but will also improve the student’s learning. #InvestInGirlsEdu

The state must ensure the inclusion of children living with disabilities. The provision of medical devices, especially to facilitate girls living with disabilities is important to ensure that no girl is left behind. #InvestInGirlsEdu

The state must ensure provision of functional toilets. All missing facilities are important but as a first step the provision of functional toilets in all schools keeping the specific hygiene requirements of adolescent girls in mind should be ensured. #InvestInGirlsEdu

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