Publication: Breaking Barriers, Improving Futures: Challenges and Solutions for Girls’ Education in Pakistan
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Date
2024-06-03
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2024-06-03
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Abstract: Educating girls has a myriad of benefits ranging from greater empowerment and economic opportunities to improved health outcomes and reduced poverty. In Pakistan, school-age children, especially girls, lack quality educational access and attainment. Girls, in comparison to boys, are less likely to be enrolled in school, less likely to stay in school, and less likely to achieve learning outcomes even if they attend school. One of the biggest challenges Pakistan faces is that the country’s education spending fails to yield results regarding quality and access. This report argues that while it is important to continue to deliver quality education to all children in Pakistan, more girl-specific interventions are needed in Pakistan, especially for girls living in rural areas.
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“Barón, Juan D.; Bend, Mary; Ejaz, Neelam; Lee, Jessica D.; Trako, Iva. 2024. Breaking Barriers, Improving Futures: Challenges and Solutions for Girls’ Education in Pakistan. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41637 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”