Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Shah has said that there are 4.5 million children out of school in the province and blamed politicians for the destruction of education system
Syed Sardar Shah who took over reins of education department from Saeed Ghani recently said that most of the children were unable to continue with their academics after class five owing to their poverty.
He lamented that private schools are being built on 80-square-yard structures and further said that there are 11,000 schools that are built in a single room.
The Pakistan government has consistently invested far less in education than is recommended by international standards. As of 2017, Pakistan was spending less than 2.8 per cent of its gross domestic product on education – far below the recommended 4 to 6 per cent – leaving the government’s education system severely under-funded.
Government schools are in such short supply that even in Pakistan’s major cities, many children cannot reach a school on foot safely in a reasonable amount of time. The situation is far worse in rural areas. And there are many more schools for boys than for girls.
