Comparison of Literacy Rate of Pakistan with SAARC Countries

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS TERM PAPER TOPIC: COMPARISON OF PAKISTAN’S LITERACY RATE WITH SAARC SUBMITTED TO: Dr. ABDUL WAHEED SUBMITTED BY: INBISAT JEHAN ZAFAR SEAT NO.: B0655047 DATED: 29th Sept. 2010 Literacy is a tool for empowering our communities and ourselves. It can free us from many personal, economic and social constraints, by helping to eradicate poverty, reduce child mortality, curb population growth, achieve gender equality and ensure sustainable development, peace and democracy. The goal of the United Nations Literacy Decade is to enable people everywhere to communicate effectively within their own communities and with the outside world. The motto is â€Å"Literacy for All: A†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â€" ª More than 50 million illiterate citizens in Pakistan. ââ€" ª Primary school enrolment was less than 70percent and even in this, as many as 30 percent get dropped out before acquiring basic literacy skills. ââ€" ª NCHD gets funds of Rs. 2.7 billion during the current financial year. [pic] It needs to be highlighted that from census to census the definition of literacy has been undergoing a change, resultantly the literacy figure has vacillated irregularly during the last 5 census. An update of the five censuses is as under; | |Literacy rate |Definition of being literate | | |Male | | |1972 | |40.0 % |50.6 million | Bangladesh being an underdeveloped nation has a literacy rate lower than that of Pakistan. The reason may be that the Bangladesh government cannot afford to allocate large amount of funds to the educational sector. Another reason of Bangladesh’s low literacy rate may be gender disparities. 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