Teacher availability in Lahore:

• 15567 teachers are appointed in the 1261 Government schools.
• In 11% of the primary schools, only 1 teacher is appointed.
• On average at the primary level, around 46 students are taught by a single teacher.
  
  Source: Punjab Education Commission (PEC) 2015

School infrastructure in Lahore

• 7% schools do not have a facility of a toilet.

• 4% schools do not have basic facility of electricity.

• 2% schools do not have a boundary wall.

At the primary school level, on average there are 4 classrooms in a single school and 41 students in one classroom.

Sources: Punjab School Census 2013, 25 Million Broken Promises: The crisis of Pakistan’s out-of-school children 2014, Pakistan Social Living Standard Measurement Survey 2012-13, Pakistan Education Atlas 2015, Annual Status of Education Report 2015 (ASER) (rural), TaleemiSurat-e-Hal aor Election 2013 (I-Saps)

PEC Results, Quality Education

·         According to the examination results of Grade 5 and Grade 8, the students are not performing very well.

·          The mean score of students at grade 5 for math is only 33, science is 37, social studies is 35, English and Urdu are 47, however for Islamiyat the results are slightly better with mean score 58.[1]

·         The mean score of students at grade 8 for math is only 44, science is 51, social studies is 52,English is 58, and Urdu is 55 however for Islamiyat the results are slightly better with mean score 70.

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[1] Punjab Education Commission (PEC) 2015 

Quality of education in Lahore

• 39% of class 5 students cannot read a simple story in Urdu (Text of class 2).
• 41% of class 5 students cannot read a sentence in English (Text of class 2).
• 48% of class 5 students cannot do class 3 level two digit division.

Reference: Annual Status of Education Report 2015 (ASER) (rural)


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Schooling in Lahore

• The net enrollment rate at the primary level is 68%, this drops to 34% at the middle, and only 23% at high level.
• Net enrollment rate for girls at primary school level is 67% whereas for boys this percentage is little higher at 69%.
• Almost 45% students are enrolled into government schools, 52% students are enrolled into private schools and less than 2% goes to madrissa.
• Of all the girls who enter school only 100% percent survive beyond class 5.
• Of all the boys who enter school 91% percent survive beyond class 5.
  
  References: Punjab School Census 2013, 25 Million Broken Promises: The crisis of Pakistan’s out-of-school children 2014, Pakistan Social Living Standard Measurement Survey 2012-13, Pakistan Education Atlas 2015

Out of School Children in Lahore District

• 16% children between the ages of 5 and 16 are out of school which comes to around 300,508 children. 

• Of all the boys, 16% are out of school.

• Of all the girls, 15% are out of school. 

• Poverty plays a vital role in keeping children out of school as 32% of the children belonging to the poorest families are out of school whereas only 8% children from the rich households are out of school.
• 7% children have never seen the inside of a classroom (i.e. have never been to schools).
  
  Reference: Punjab School Census 2013 

What Alif Ailaan District Education Ranking 2015 Says about Lahore's School Education

• Lahore is ranked 3rd out of the 148 districts of Pakistan according to Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Ranking 2015 while it is ranked 3rd out of the 36 districts of Punjab.
• Almost 55% of the total government schools in the district only cater to the primary level needs. There are 1,261 government schools out of which 692 are primary level schools.
• Of the 1,261 government schools, 48% schools are allocated for girls as compared to 52% schools for boys. 660 schools are for boys whereas 601 schools are for girls.