A. 26.2 million
B. 20.6 million
C. 18.50 million
D. 12.24 million

Submitted by: Farzal Ali khan

Education Quality

The results from key assessments conducted by the National Assessment Wing, specifically the Trends in International Mathematics & Science Study (TIMSS) and the National Achievement Test (NAT), highlighted the urgent need to improve learning outcomes among students. The report said that in 2021-22, spending on education remained 1.7pc of GDP.

The number of out-of-school children is 26.21 million – basically, 39pc of children in Pakistan are out of school. The report said 11.73 million of such children are in Punjab, 7.63m in Sindh, 3.63m in KP, 3.13m in Balochistan, and 0.08 million in Islamabad. The percentage of out-of-school children decreased from 44pc in 2016-17 to 39pc in 2021-22.