A huge scam that has cost the provincial government Rs50 billion a year has been exposed by the Punjab Education Department, which has discovered 1.8 million phantom enrollments in government schools throughout the province.
Through a data-driven inquiry carried out in conjunction with data engineers and cross-verification with NADRA records, the fictitious enrollment figures—which were exaggerated by teachers in order to evade transfers and obtain funding—were discovered.
Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat claims that although statistics erroneously indicated 10.8 million pupils registered in government schools, one in five of them were ghosts. In reality, there are approximately nine million kids enrolled in government schools.
The teacher-to-student ratio is used to determine the budget. Teachers overstated the number of students in order to prevent transfers.
