Pakistan has better literacy ratio than India: UNFPA

[Lady Macbeth]

ISLAMABAD: The education rate and literacy indicators in Pakistan are better than those in India, a United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) report said on Wednesday.


The report claimed Pakistan’s infant mortality ratio per 1,000 live births was 62, compared to India’s 53 per 1,000 live births.

Meanwhile, the maternal mortality ratio in the country was 320 per 100,000 live births, compared to 450 in India.

As per details regarding education, the report said that in Pakistan, 32.3 percent male and 60.4 percent female above 15 years of age were literate. 23.1 percent male and 45.5 percent female above the same age were literate in India.

Gross primary enrolment ratio was 101 male and 83 girls in Pakistan, while it was 114 males and 109 females in India.

The report said that out of the above-mentioned figures, 68 male and 72 female managed to reach grade five in Pakistan, while in India the number was 59 male and 49 females. app

[A1Kaid]

Official Source of the UNFPA Report 2009:


http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2009/en/pdf/EN_SOWP09_ICPD.pdf





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Pakistan vows 85% literacy rate by 2015

2009-09-09 01:16:10

ISLAMABAD, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said here Tuesday that the government is committed to achieving the goal of 85 percent literacy rate by 2015, the local NNI news agency reported.

Addressing a seminar marking the International Literacy Day, he said education is the top priority of the government, which has declared 2010 as year of literacy.

He said education plays an important role in overall socio-economic development of the country. The government has allocated over 31 billion rupees in the budget this year for the education sector. The government will raise the education budget to four percent of GDP from the existing 2.4 percent.

The prime minister said special emphasis is being laid on women education so that they could play constructive role in overall economic development of the country.

He said a special meeting of the four Provincial Chief Ministers will be held in Islamabad on Wednesday to finalize the draft of new education policy.

The prime minister said that the government would not allow a handful of miscreants to put at stake the future of the coming generation.

He said the maximum resources would be diverted to rebuild schools and colleges damaged by terrorists in Malakand division in the country's troubled northwest.

Meanwhile, the prime minister also inaugurated adult literacy center in Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province.

On the occasion he was informed that 100,000 adult literacy centers will be established for enhancing literacy rate across the country.

Source: Pakistan vows 85% literacy rate by 2015_English_Xinhua

[ferrari]

Originally Posted by Lady Macbeth

ISLAMABAD: The education rate and literacy indicators in Pakistan are better than those in India, a United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) report said on Wednesday.


As per details regarding education, the report said that in Pakistan, 32.3 percent male and 60.4 percent female above 15 years of age were literate. 23.1 percent male and 45.5 percent female above the same age were literate in India.

From this report I can say that, not only more Pakistanis are illiterate but also the Pakistani journalists who cannot make difference between literacy and illiteracy



In the report A1Kaid posted,

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2009/en/pdf/EN_SOWP09_ICPD.pdf

%Illiterate >15 years

India Male/Female = 23.1/45.5

Pakistan Male/Female = 32.3/60.4

I was unable to stop my laughter when I opened that pdf file and realised that the journalist got the whole thing about literacy err illiteracy wrong.

Now the title should be "Pakistan has better Illiteracy ratio than India".

[DarkStar]

Maybe Pakistan should start checking the literacy levels of journalists, to make sure only those above basic literacy levels can qualify as such. What a dumbass joker that wrote this piece of crap.

[Lady Macbeth]

Originally Posted by ferrari

In the report A1Kaid posted,

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2009/en/pdf/EN_SOWP09_ICPD.pdf

%Illiterate >15 years

India Male/Female = 23.1/45.5

Pakistan Male/Female = 32.3/60.4

I was unable to stop my laughter when I opened that pdf file and realised that the journalist got the whole thing about literacy err illiteracy wrong.

Now the title should be "Pakistan has better Illiteracy ratio than India".

Maybe it was just a typographic error or something......still doesnt change the figures obtained by UNFPA.

This thread wasnt posted in poor taste, so please can we stop making it one!
Thank you AIKaid for posting!

[vinod2070]

Indian literacy rate is about 10% better than Pakistan if we must compare.

Ideally we should benchmark against global standards of 90% literacy. We both have a long way to go, in quality and in quantity.

[Selma Shirazi]

Originally Posted by vinod2070

Indian literacy rate is about 10% better than Pakistan if we must compare.

Ideally we should benchmark against global standards of 90% literacy. We both have a long way to go, in quality and in quantity.

Finally we agree on something.
I hate the chest thumping by our media, its realy an art to justify our failures by pointing out to others who've done worse. Shame on our media!