Pakistan’s educational situation has been brought to light by a recent report, which demonstrates that the nation’s educational institutions fall short of the necessary criteria.
Pakistan is classified as having “Low” performance since the country’s average score for the overall index is 53.46 (out of 100), according to the District Education Performance Index (DEPIx) Report 2023, which was released on Friday.
The Planning Commission’s ground-breaking report exposes startling differences in the quality of education across Pakistan’s districts and provinces.
This innovative approach evaluates district-level success in education by emphasizing important outcomes like fairness, governance, access, and learning as well as inputs like infrastructure and public funding.
DEPIx divides the 134 districts it covers—including the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and every district in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Punjab, and Sindh—into four groups:
