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Pakistan still has a low literacy rate relative to other countries. [8] As of 2022 Pakistan's literacy rates range from 96% in Islamabad to 23% in the Torghar District. [9] Literacy rates vary by gender and region. In tribal areas female literacy is 9.5%, [10] while Azad Kashmir has a literacy rate of 91%. [11]
The second lowest in South Asia after Afghanistan which has 37% The male literacy rate is 73 percent and the female literacy rate is 52.84 percent. The female literacy rate drops to twenty-five percent in rural areas of Pakistan including Waziristan and Tharparkur . Girls' school enrollment also significantly drops in the rural areas of Pakistan.
The re-construction of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore has been done through the Punjab Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education Act 1976 (lately amended by Punjab Ordinance No.XLVII). Currently, nine Boards are functioning in the Punjab province at division level.
Board Established City Website Refs Catholic Board of Education, Pakistan: 1961 Karachi [47] Lahore [48] [49] Diocesan board of education, Pakistan 1960 Islamabad, Rawalpindi [50] [51] Presbyterian Education Board Pakistan Lahore, Punjab
Abbottabad has a very healthy literacy rate approximately 56% on an average. [34] The city has a young demographic (ages 15–30) due to the large number of students who have come from across the country to study in its schools, for example PIPS , Army Burn Hall College , Army Public College Kakul and Abbottabad Public School .
Secondary education begins from grade 9 and lasts for four years. After end of each of the four school years, students are required to pass a national examination administered by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore (Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore).
Most universities of Karachi are considered to be amongst the premier educational institutions of Pakistan. For 2004–05, the city's literacy rate was estimated at 65.26%, 4th Highest in Pakistan after Lahore, Islamabad & Rawalpindi, [citation needed] with a GER of 111%, highest in Sindh. [13]
In year 2021, the literacy rate in urban areas was recorded as 80% while in rural areas it was 55%, and only 42% among rural women. [24] An interesting factor in this context is that female enrollment was recorded highest at the primary level, but it progressively decreases at the secondary, college and tertiary levels.