Allocation of meagre fund for education decried 1.37 million primary age children were out of schools,

Allocation of meagre fund for education decried

KARACHI: In 2011-12, over 1.37 million primary age children were out of schools, and even a larger number, 3.25 million secondary age children were not in school the same year.

It will take another decade to put all the children in primary schools, ie, by 2021-22 and 26 years to put all children in secondary schools, ie 2037-38. This was revealed by senior economist Dr Pervez Tahir, speaking at a consultation ‘Education: The Road to

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