11pc children out of school in Lahore: report Dawn LAHORE: Almost 11 per cent 6-16 years of age children in Lahore are out-of-school despite Punjab government’s massive enrollment drives aimed at bringing all out-of-school children to schools. There are almost 11pc public primary schools that lack toilets facility while 11pc are without drinking water. As high as 22pc public primary schools are without playgrounds but all primary schools have complete boundary walls. This was revealed in the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2013 with reference to the Lahore district conducted by Idara-i-Taleem-o-Aagahi at the All Pakistan Women Association (APWA) here on Thursday. Despite focus on improving quality of education through recruitment of better qualified teachers and regular teacher training, some 30pc Class-V children cannot read a Class-II story text in Urdu, 33pc Class-V children cannot read sentences in English, and 64pc Class-V children cannot do two-digit division. The report stated that there was a great gender gap in learning as boys outperformed girls in numeracy and literacy skills. It reported higher incidence of private tuition trend in private school students. The report said the children enrolled in private schools were performing better compared to their government schools counterparts. It stated that there were more qualified teachers in private schools as compared to government schools. Speaking at the report launch, University of Management and Technology’s education department chairman Sajid Masood explained thought-provoking patterns and challenges in all Punjab districts in comparison with the Lahore district. Former director of Public Instruction, Punjab, Jamil Najam said the education sector had been facing crisis for many years and stressed that the community must come forward to demand provision of quality education. Officials from the district education department, Iftikhar Cheema and Ms Robina, discussed the situation of education in Lahore district. APWA chairperson Ruhi Sayid said that proper development and grooming of the future generation was lacking with the downfall in education. RELATED STORIES MORE FROM THIS SECTION Loadshedding of gas to be reduced in Punjab, Sindh The agreement was reached between a government team led by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and a delegation of CNG operators. Girl’s nose chopped off; LHC takes notice The girl’s nose was chopped off over a matrimonial dispute and the LHC has summoned a detailed report on the matter. Senate committee seeks action against interior secretary Senate said that sending requests for postponement of meetings appeared to be a favourite hobby of Interior Secretary. CPJ says Pakistan’s media can be a role model in region CPJ has said Pakistans media can be a role model in the region but the govt needs to resolve issues of the journalists. MOST POPULAR 24 Hours 72 Hours Commented 1 Pakistan not sending troops to Bahrain or Saudi: PM 2 Analysis: Quiet and dangerous engagement 3 King of Bahrain vows to enhance military cooperation at JSHQ 4 Bahrain says it wants to mend fences with Iran 5 Senator Hoti’s wife attempts self-immolation 6 Pakistani officials reject claims of ISI handling bin Laden 7 King of Bahrain in Pakistan; six agreements on cooperation signed 8 Court issues arrest warrant for Meera Have your say 2500 chars Comment Policy Comments (2) Shafique Rahib Khan 7 hours ago We need not worry. Govt is giving us metro, bullet train and flyovers. Recommend3 Hassan 4 hours ago Many years of good governance in Punjab by PML(n), and this is Lahore where they spent bulk of their budget Recommend1
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