Pakistan has a population of about 188 million people. As Pakistan continues to strive for universal basic primary education, it faces the related challenge of increasing access to learning opportunities at the secondary and tertiary levels.
| School-age Population by Education Level1 | ||
| 31,624,636 | 20,964,647 | |
| Secondary | Tertiary | |
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| Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Secondary Education for the school year ending 20191 |
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| 41% | 47% | |
| Female | Male | |
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| Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Tertiary Education for the school year ending 20181 |
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| 8% | 10% | |
| Female | Male | |
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| Percentage of female teachers in 1 | ||
| 60.5% | n/a | |
| Secondary (2018) | Tertiary | |
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| 1. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data Centre, retrieved in June 2021 | ||
COL’s current work in Pakistan is primarily in the areas of higher education and girls’ and women’s training for livelihoods. Learners from Pakistan have also benefited from COL’s open online courses and other resources.
Partnerships are fundamental to COL’s work. Strategic partnerships allow COL to broaden its reach and engage at global, regional and national levels, while implementation partnerships support COL’s work in communities and institutions across Commonwealth Member States. Such partnerships include multilateral organisations, regional bodies, national governments, government agencies, foundations, civil society organisations, public and private (not-for-profit) institutions and the private sector. COL partnerships assist in improving and extending teaching and learning services to people in the developing Commonwealth.
COL’s partners in Pakistan include:
Vacant
Ms Shahnaz Wazir Ali, former member of COL Board of Governors
Professor Dr Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS, former member of COL Board of Governors
The Honourable Zubaida Jalal, COL Honorary Fellow
Professor Naveed Akhtar Malik, COL Honorary Fellow
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