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220 introduction of free education;
Education
Higher education shall be made equally accessible to all,
on the basis of capacity, by every appropriate means, and in particular by the
progressive introduction of free education;
International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Article 13
The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of
the age of five to sixteen years in such manner as may be determined by law.
Constitution of Pakistan
Article 25(A)
The system of education in Pakistan was often scrutinised by the media
as well as the civil society in 2012. It was the last year in office for the
government and genuine commitment to education warranted use of the greater
say in the matter allowed to provincial governments after the 18th Constitutional
Amendment. However, progressive and enlightened education eluded the
majority of the children in Pakistan who studied in madrassas and public schools.
A stark contrast which exists between the three parallel education systems in
Pakistan—public schools, English-medium private schools and madrassas—
reinforces divisions along the lines of social standing, affordability and gender.
The education system, even at the college and university level does not educate
the students about their rights and fundamental freedoms as well as their
obligations and fails to promote positive values and civic sense.
A pivotal goal of the National Education Policy formulated in 2009 was to
increase the rate of literacy in Pakistan up to 86 percent by 2015. As of 2012,
the literacy rate in the country stood at 58 percent. As per officials of the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: There were schools in ruins like this even in big cities.