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The Education and Literacy Department is a key division of the Government of Sindh, Pakistan, responsible for overseeing the provincial's education system.Its primary role is to manage educational affairs within Sindh and coordinate with the Federal Government and donor agencies to promote education.
The district has a sex ratio of 103.18 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 50.86%: 61.07% for males and 40.29% for females. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] 606,305 (32.87% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.
As of the 2023 Census, there are 14 districts within Pakistan which have literacy rates at 75% or above. These include 8 districts from northern and central Punjab, 4 from Sindh (all in Karachi), Abbottabad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the capital city of Islamabad. 6 of these districts also have literacy rates above 80%. [103]
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 overall literacy rate of the population older than 10 is 46%, with the overall male literacy rate of 65% much higher than the female rate of 25%. Urban areas have higher rates, with an average 69% (male: 81%, female: 54%), while rural areas have lower rates, with an average 45% (male: 64%, female: 23%). 37% of those older than 15 are literate.
Time News HD offers high definition, Sindhi content to the World. [1] Television in Pakistan expanded after 2002. [2] Private television channels were allowed during the rule of Pervez Musharraf in 2000. [3] Sindhi media tends to cover topics which may not be covered by Urdu or English media.
At the time of the 2023 census, 45.92% of the population spoke Urdu, 43.12% Sindhi, 3.12% Punjabi and 2.83% Pashto as their first language. The majority of Urdu speakers live in Hyderabad city and its suburbs, where they form a majority, while Sindhi dominates rural areas. Muhajirs arrived in Hyderabad after Partition. [22]
As of the 2023 census, Tando Muhammad Khan district has 143,798 households and a population of 726,119. [4] The district has a sex ratio of 107.84 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 34.02%: 42.34% for males and 25.02% for females.