Pakistan spent only 1.7 percent of its Gross Domestic Product GDP on education

Karachi: The speaker lamented that Pakistan spent only 1.7 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on education, which was quite insufficient to ensure an ambitious academic revolution. “If we take the case of our neighbours - Bangladesh and India - they are spending much higher than we do on education, and especially higher education,” she said.Fehmida said given the constraints and resource crunch, the country might not be able to achieve the MDGs of having literacy target of 100

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