Budget 2013-14: Despite higher allocations, education still not a priority

Report highli­ghts low budget­ed amount­s and even lower spendi­ng in 2011-12.  The education minister called the statistics for out-of-school children and allocations for education shameful and embarrassing for the country in a recent standing committee meeting. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD: 
While the budgetary allocation for education in the new fiscal year is higher than ever before, it is just not enough to school millions of uneducated children.
The estimated Rs504

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