Education

Although education is a top priority for families in Pakistan, about 20 million school-age children do not receive a basic education. The U.S. Government, through USAID, is helping ensure that Pakistan’s children have access to a quality basic education as well as generous opportunities for higher education. Current projects focus on supporting teacher education, expanding the use of technology in the classroom, providing training to administrators in budgeting and finance, providing scholarships, and rehabilitating and reconstructing schools.

Objectives

• Renovate and reconstruct schools
• Increase access to education and improve the quality of teaching
• Provide grants and scholarship for exchanges, research, and higher education
• Foster links between U.S. and Pakistani academic institutions

Results

• USAID has helped provincial governments repair and rebuild schools in flood, earthquake and conflict affected areas, including 150 schools in Malakand.
• USAID has trained more than 10,000 school administrators and teachers and helped provincial governments introduce new associate and bachelor degrees to to raise the qualifications of new teachers going forward.

The Working Paper for Education can be downloaded here:

 Education_Working_Paper.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 71KB)

A Fact Sheet on the Education sector can be downloaded here:

 Education Overall Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 405kb)