Punjab mein 1 Crore Bachay School se Bahar: Literacy Rate Down

Summary:

UNICEF ki nai report ke mutabiq, Punjab mein 10 million (1 Crore) bachay school se bahar hain. Sirf 66% primary education complete karte hain, aur 12% bachon ko basic math aati hai. Experts isay education emergency keh rahe hain.

Punjab mein 1 Crore Bachay School se Bahar — UNICEF Report Raises Alarms

UNICEF ki taraf se jari honay wali ek taaza report ne Punjab ke education system mein ek khatarnaak crisis highlight kiya hai. Report ke mutabiq, Pakistan mein 26 million se zyada out-of-school children hain — jismein se 10 million (1 Crore) sirf Punjab mein hain. Yeh figure kisi chhoti country jaise Sri Lanka ki population se bhi zyada hai.

Primary Dropout Rates Are Alarming

Har 3 main se 1 bacha 5th grade tak nahi pohanchta

Report ke mutabiq, sirf 66% bachay Punjab mein primary education complete karte hain. Iska matlab hai ke har teesra bacha 5th class tak bhi nahi pohanch pata. Aur agar baat academic quality ki ki jaye, toh picture aur bhi dark hai.

Sirf 12% bachay (age 7–14) ko basic math aati hai, jab ke global lower-middle income countries ka average 22% hai.

“Yeh sirf numbers nahi hain, yeh warning signs hain ke humara education system collapse ki taraf ja raha hai,” ek senior education expert ne kaha.

Fake Data & Misleading Progress Reports

Punjab mein thousands of fake school entries detect hui

Punjab School Education Department ke ek senior official ne bataya ke kuch elements deliberately Punjab government ko mislead kar rahe hain regarding school enrollment. Sources ke mutabiq, hazaron bachon ki fake entries detect ki gayi hain.

School administrators allegedly fake admissions dikhakar progress ka impression de rahe hain. Education ministry ne is issue ka notice le liya hai.

Funding Gaps and Resource Disparity

PEF aur government schools ke darmiyan funding mein bara farq

UNICEF report ne highlight kiya ke Punjab mein government schools ko har student ke liye 3.8 times zyada funding milti hai compared to Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) affiliated private schools.

Is disparity ne education system mein class-based divide aur deepen kar diya hai.

Teachers ke mutabiq, “Government ki policies is gap ko aur barha rahi hain instead of bridging it.”

Rapid Population Growth = Rising Education Crisis

“Schools nahi ban rahe, institutions outsource ho rahe hain” — Teachers’ Union

Punjab Teachers Union ke Secretary General, Rana Liaqat Ali, ne kaha ke literacy improve karne ke liye kai programs launch hue — jaise universal primary enrollment aur schools for the poor — lekin asli issue uncontrolled population growth hai.

Unka kehna tha,

“Authorities naye schools construct nahi kar rahe. Jo existing hain unhein outsource kiya ja raha hai. Population badh rahi hai aur education ka infrastructure wahan ka wahan hai.”

What Needs to Happen Now?

National emergency-level response ki zrurat

Experts kehte hain ke agar is educational breakdown ko immediately address nahi kiya gaya, toh yeh Pakistan ke future ko seriously threaten karega. Government ko policy-level interventions, monitoring mechanisms, aur long-term planning ki zarurat hai taake yeh crisis control ho sake.

“Aaj ke out-of-school children kal ke underdeveloped citizens ban jaate hain,” ek education analyst ne warn kiya.

Agar Punjab jaise province mein — jo sabse zyada populous hai — 1 crore bachay school nahi ja rahe, toh national education emergency declare karni chahiye. Yeh sirf literacy ka nahi, economic stability aur national development ka bhi issue hai.