Education barely gets 0.8% of the nation’s GDP.
They’re told education is the key to success — but how can Pakistan’s students unlock a future when the schools don’t even have electricity, water, or toilets? And when the education budget barely gets 0.8% of the nation’s GDP?
- 23% of schools are without electricity
- 24% lack clean drinking water
- 22% have no toilet facilities
📉 Province-wise Breakdown:
- Federal Area: 100% schools have electricity, water, and toilets
- Punjab: 99% electricity, 100% water, 99% toilets
- KP: 86% electricity, 89% water, 87% toilets
- Gilgit-Baltistan: 70% electricity, 77% water, 80% toilets
- Azad Kashmir: 43% electricity, 37% water, 54% toilets
- Sindh: 31% electricity, 58% water, 57% toilets
- Balochistan: 21% electricity, 29% water, and toilet access remains scarce
📉 Low Literacy, Lower Investment
While school conditions are dire, the numbers on education funding and literacy don’t inspire hope either.
Only 0.8% of Pakistan’s GDP is being spent on education — far below international benchmarks.
The national literacy rate is just 60.6%, with a wide gender gap:
68% of men are literate
Only 52.8% of women — a 16% difference.
🎓 State of Higher Education:
269 universities across the country
160 public, 109 private
Rs 61.10 billion spent on the higher education sector under HEC
Only 37.97% of university faculty hold a PhD qualification
From broken bathrooms to broken budgets, Pakistan’s education sector is in freefall.
If we want a generation ready to lead, we must first give them the basics — light to read, water to drink, and dignity to learn…Anything less is failure in plain sight.
