26m kids out of schools across country

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has submitted a report to the National Assembly with regard to out-of-school children and according to it, around 26 million children are out of schools across the country.

This disclosure was made in a written report submitted by the ministry. According to the report, 17 million boys and girls aged between 5 and 9 are out of schools and 4.9 million children between the age of 10 and 12 are deprived of middle education. Among them, 2.16 million are boys and 2.8 million girls. A total of 4.5 million male and female students are deprived of high school education.

The number of male students is 2.3 million and female 2.23 million. A total of 5.9 million higher secondary students are deprived of education, of whom 2.99 million are male and 2.95 million female.