Over the last decade, there has been a tremendous rise in the number of private educational institutions in Pakistan. However, the quality of education that these institutions offer has dropped ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Pakistan’s poor education system has increasingly become a matter of international concern. Lack of access to quality education, which in ...

Pakistan’s future economy will be built through higher education. Pakistan’s economy has been traditionally rooted in agriculture and textiles but is expanding its presence in construction, renewable ...

Sir Michael Barber (former head of the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit and chief advisor to the Secretary of State for Education under Tony Blair and now Pearson’s chief education adviser) has written ...

Pakistan is currently facing a significant education crisis with a staggering 25.3 million children aged 5 to 16 out of school, representing 36 per cent of the country's school-age population.

ABDULLAH GOTH — Aneesa Haroon drops off her tattered school bag at her rural home in Pakistan and hurriedly grabs lunch before joining her father in the fields to pick vegetables. The 11-year-old's ...

Aneesa Haroon drops off her tattered school bag at her rural home in Pakistan and hurriedly grabs lunch before joining her father in the fields to pick vegetables. The 11-year-old's entry into school ...

In Pakistan, education could help change the fortunes of impoverished families, but corruption and pressure by the Taliban prevent many children from enrolling. An alternative school system is making ...

For years, Washington poured foreign aid into Pakistan, giving billions to the country’s military dictatorship to fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda, even though the government failed to provide essential ...