When compared to other nations, Pakistan ranks low in the literacy although it has madesome progress in the last 50 years. Literacy has risen from 13.2 percent in 1951 to 45 percent in 1998, but this progress is far from satisfactory. Pakistan is counted among countries with very low literacy rates. Other South Asian countries like Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh have higher literacy rates than Pakistan.
In Pakistan, there is also a noticeable disparity between the male and female, urban and rural, literacy rates. Out of the literate population 56.5 percent are male and 64.7 percent urban. That means that the highest literacy rate is enjoyed by the urban male 72.6 percent, and unfortunately. the lowest literacy rate is that of the rural female 20.8 percent.
There is also marked regional disparity in literacy in Pakistan. Punjab and Sindh have comparatively higher literacy rates 47.4 and 46.7 percent respectively. The NWFP comes next with 37.3 percent, then Balochistan with 26.6. Similar patterns are observable in the male, female, urban and rural literacy rates of each province. There is one notable exception the rural male and female literacy rates in the NWFP are higher than those of Sindh. From this analysis, it emerges that the Punjabi male has the highest literacy rate 73.4 percent and the Balochi female the lowest 8.8 percent. Islamabad, the capital, covering a small area but attracting a large literate population, does not fit into the pattern of the rest of the country.
In general, literacy in Pakistan decreases as the access to education and the level of the urbanization decrease. That is why the Western Highlands rank lower in literacy than the Indus Plains. There are many reasons for the low literacy rate in Pakistan. Unfortunately, the absence of a sincere effort, coupled with the embedded prejudice against education among some people, have militated against real progress in this field. Many primary schools, for example, exist only n paper. Many parents think that eduction is unimportant and that it spoils children, who could be more usefully employed in the field or in the factory. Such ideas are further supported by the landlords, who have a powerful hold on the peasants who work for them.
In Pakistan, there is also a noticeable disparity between the male and female, urban and rural, literacy rates. Out of the literate population 56.5 percent are male and 64.7 percent urban. That means that the highest literacy rate is enjoyed by the urban male 72.6 percent, and unfortunately. the lowest literacy rate is that of the rural female 20.8 percent.
There is also marked regional disparity in literacy in Pakistan. Punjab and Sindh have comparatively higher literacy rates 47.4 and 46.7 percent respectively. The NWFP comes next with 37.3 percent, then Balochistan with 26.6. Similar patterns are observable in the male, female, urban and rural literacy rates of each province. There is one notable exception the rural male and female literacy rates in the NWFP are higher than those of Sindh. From this analysis, it emerges that the Punjabi male has the highest literacy rate 73.4 percent and the Balochi female the lowest 8.8 percent. Islamabad, the capital, covering a small area but attracting a large literate population, does not fit into the pattern of the rest of the country.
In general, literacy in Pakistan decreases as the access to education and the level of the urbanization decrease. That is why the Western Highlands rank lower in literacy than the Indus Plains. There are many reasons for the low literacy rate in Pakistan. Unfortunately, the absence of a sincere effort, coupled with the embedded prejudice against education among some people, have militated against real progress in this field. Many primary schools, for example, exist only n paper. Many parents think that eduction is unimportant and that it spoils children, who could be more usefully employed in the field or in the factory. Such ideas are further supported by the landlords, who have a powerful hold on the peasants who work for them.
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