Asia Report N°257
Pakistan has the second highest number of out of school children in the world, with 22 per cent of those it is constitutionally obliged to educate still deprived of schooling; and expenditure on education remains the lowest in its region. This report focuses on a dysfunctional public school sector that educates the majority of children but fails to prepare a fast-growing population for the job market even as a deeply flawed curriculum contributes to the spread of violence and extremism.
