TOPICS

DEFINITION
HISTORY
TYPES
DIMENSIONS
GENDER DISPARITY
LITERACY RATE
CONCLUSION
 EDUCATION

Education in its general sense is a form of

learning in which the knowledge, skills and
habits of a group of people are transferred from
one generation to the next through teaching,
training, or research.
 HISTORY

The evolution of culture, and human beings

depended on the practice of transmitting
knowledge.
Story-telling continued from one generation to
the next.
Oral language developed into written symbols
and letters.
The depth of knowledge that could be preserved
and passed soon increased exponentially.
 TYPES OF EDUCATION

Formal education
Person may learn basic, academic or trade skills.

Non formal education

Non formal education is sometimes called adult
basic education or school.
Informal education
Informal education is when you are not studying
in a school and do not use another particular
learning method.
 DIMENSIONS

Qualitative Dimensions:
Quality of Education In Pakistan.
Shortage of teachers and poorly equipped
laboratories.

Quantitative Dimensions:
Causative factors include defective curriculum.
However, efforts are on the way of molding the
curriculum to meet its national requirements.
 GENDER DISPARITY

• In Pakistan, gender discrimination in

• Education occurs amongst the poorest
• households but is non-existent amongst rich
• households. In rural areas only 18% of
• Pakistani women have received 10 years
• or more of schooling.
 Literacy (2012)

Male 69%

Female 45%

Total 57%
 LITERACY RATE

It needs to be highlighted that from census to

census the definition of literacy has been
undergoing a change.

Resultantly the literacy figure has vacillated

irregularly during the last 5 census.
An update of the five censuses is as under:
 Literacy rate
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00% 1972 1981 1998 2012

Punjab Sindh
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Balochistan
 Conclusion

Government should provide equal level of

education to all the classes of community.

Students should do their work with honesty and

don’t try to cheat in papers.
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Q UEST I O N