Pakistan

United Nations Development Programme

Pakistan

Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education

Millennium Development Target for education is universal primary enrolment. The net primary enrolment in 1990-91 was 46 percent and it has increased to 52 percent by 2004-05. The MTDF target of 77 percent looks very ambitious and there is little possibility that the target would be met. Similarly 100% target of universal net primary enrolment by 2015 seems to be quite difficult. The target that survival ratio should rise from 50 to 100 percent is even more ambitious though the survival ratio has increased form 50 to 72 percent over 1990-91 to 2004-05. The literacy rate in 2004-05 has been 53 percent and the target of 77 percent by 2010 looks unachievable and so is the MDG target of 88 percent by 2015
Target 3: Ensure that by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a
full course of primary schooling

Indicators

Definitions

1990-91

2000-01

2004-05

PRSP Target
2005-064

MTDF Target 2009-10

MDG Targets 2015

Net primary enrolment ratio (%)

Number of children aged 5-9 years attending primary level classes i.e., 1-5, divided by the total number of children aged 5-9 years, multiplied by 100.

461

*421

521

53

77

100

Completion/ survival rate to grade 5 (%)

Proportion of students who complete their studies from grade 1 to grade 5

502

682
(M:72,
F65)

723

74

80

100

 Literacy Rate (%)

Proportion of people aged 10+ years who can read and write with understanding

*351 (M:48, F:21)

*451

531
(M:65, F:40)

54

77
(M:85,
F:66)

88
(M:89,
F:87)

Notes and Sources:

  1. PIHS 1990-91,PIHS 2000-01 and PSLM survey 2004-05
  2. Ministry of Education
  3. Planning Commission
  4. Estimates of Education section, Planning Commission.

MDGR 2004 reporting 36.3 percent Literacy rate for 1990-91, 51 percent net primary enrolment ratio and 50.3 percent Adult Literacy for 2000-01 was based on Ministry of Education estimates.