Islamabad, July 08, 2021 (PPI-OT):This press release is part of a special Gallup Pakistan Data Analytics series that aims to foster an empirical understanding of the education scenario of Pakistan based on data generated by the PSLM survey.
PSLM (Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement) is a yearly survey conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics to gather data from provincial and district level to assist the government of Pakistan. It focuses on multiple social and economic factors. Gallup Pakistan Data Analytics team has worked extensively on this data and this series of press releases are our attempt to publicize the great efforts done by hundreds of office bearers of Bureau of Statistics who have travelled far and wide to collect this data.
This press release aims to assess the education scenario in terms of households reporting whether all, some or none of the children attend school
KEY FINDINGS:
73% Pakistani households (24.3 million) have children aged between 5 and 17
17% of Pakistani households with children of school-going age report that no child from their household is attending school
29% households report that some children from their household attend school
54% Pakistani households that have children of school going age report that all children from their household are going to school
Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, and Karachi have the highest percentage of households where all children are attending school
Zhob, Sibbi, Kalat, Bannu and Nasirabad are the bottom 5 divisions where the lowest percentage of households report that all children go to school
Compared to rural households, 22% more urban households report that all children go to school.
Rural Baluchistan and Rural Sindh are lagging behind the most in this respect
Punjab has the highest number of households [with children of ages 5-17] that report that all children attend school.
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