Need stressed to spend more on education sector

Karachi - There is a dire need to spend more budgetary funds on education sector, said Ismail Bawany, Trustee of Aisha Bawany Academy in a statement here on Thursday. He said Pakistan had allocated only 2.3 per cent of the budget for education which was 0.3 per cent less than in 1999. Nine per cent of government spending is on education, placing Pakistan 113th amongst 120 countries on the education development index. He said according to a global monitoring society, Pakistan spends seven

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