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Secondary education in Pakistan begins in year 9 and lasts for four years. After end of each of the school years, students are required to pass a national examination administered by a regional Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (or BISE).
Pakistan Education Statistics (PES) is a ˚agship publication of Pakistan Institute of Education (PIE) and provides a comprehensive overview of education related information through descriptive representation of data on a range of education related indicators.
- Introduction
- International Student Mobility
- In Brief: The Education System of Pakistan
- Elementary and Middle School Education
- Secondary Education
- Technical and Vocational Education
- Higher Education
- The Higher Education Degree Structure
- Benchmark Credentials
- Wes Documentation Requirements
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a culturally and linguistically diverse large South Asian country bordered by Afghanistan and Iran to the north and west, China to the northeast, India to the east and the Arabian Sea to the south. The Muslim-majority country was established in its current form after the partition of former British India into Ind...
Pakistan is a significant exporter of international students globally. According to UNESCO statistics, the number of outbound Pakistani degree-seeking students grew by 70 percent over the last decade, from 31,156 in 2007 to 53,023 in 2017. While that number is dwarfed by the more than 330,000 degree-seeking students from neighboring India, consider...
Pakistan’s education system has evolved substantially from both its Islamic and British historical roots. It has improved greatly in the 20th and 21st centuries, but still tends to rely too heavily on rote memorization and outdated teaching and examination methods. While great strides have been made in improving literacyand participation rates, the...
Education in Pakistan is free and compulsory for all children between the ages of five and 16, or up through grade 10, or what’s referred to as “matriculation” in Pakistan. It is a fundamental right accorded by Article 25 A of the constitution. However, as noted, participation in compulsory education is far from universal, particularly in socioecon...
Pakistan has a secondary education system centered on high-stakes examinations and rote learning. In British India, the structure and curricula of secondary education were mandated by British colonial rule and culminated in examinations administered by British education boards. As mentioned earlier, after independence, Pakistan then developed its o...
Given that Pakistan is witnessing the largest population growth of youth in its history, with two-thirds of the population projected to be below the age of 30 for the next three decades, TVET is seen as perhaps the most critical education sector to address unemployment and develop a workforce capable of driving economic development. TVET in Pakista...
Pakistan has a relatively young higher education sector. At the time of partition, the country had only one university which had less than 1,000 students enrolled—the University of the Punjab in Lahore. Since then, increased participation rates in elementary and secondary education, as well as the surging youth population growth of recent years, ha...
Like other countries on the Indian subcontinent, Pakistan used to have bachelor’s degree programs that were only two or three years in length—a short duration by international standards. The traditional degree system was mostly structured into two-year bachelor’s programs (pass degree) followed by a two-year master’s degree (2+2), or more specializ...
Doctoral Degree
Note: In addition to these benchmark qualifications, universities offer a variety of shorter undergraduate-level diploma programs as well as postgraduate diplomas, which are mostly one year in duration and require a bachelor’s degree for admission. See, for example, the related program offeringsof the University of the Punjab.
Professional Education
Academic programs in professional disciplines like medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and a few other fields are undergraduate programs of four- or five-years’ duration. Medical and dental programs are offered by dedicated medical and dental colleges. They lead to the award of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree and Bachelor of Dental Surgery, respectively. All colleges must be recognized by the Pakistan Medical Commission(PMC) and must be affiliated with a degree-granting uni...
Teacher Education
Pakistan has significantly tightened the academic requirements for school teachers in recent years. Until recently, elementary and middle school teachers (grades 1 to 8) were able to teach after completing short training programs that led to the Primary Teaching Certificate (SSC+1) and the Certificate in Teaching (HSSC+1). Today, Pakistan’s national regulationsformally stipulate a four-year bachelor’s degree in education or its equivalent as the minimum requirement to teach at Pakistani schoo...
Secondary Education 1. Final certificate (for example, Higher Secondary School Certificate or Intermediate Certificate)—sent by the applicable Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education 2. Mark sheet/result card—sent by the applicable Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Technical and Vocational Education 1. Diploma or Certificate (for ...
According to ISCED97, secondary education is divided into two levels: lower secondary (Grade 6-8) and upper secondary (Grade 9-12). In the case of Pakistan, middle school (Grade 6-8)1 corresponds to the former while Grade 9-10 (Matriculation) is considered to be Secondary.
Pakistan is facing a serious challenge to ensure all children, particularly the most disadvantaged, attend, stay and learn in school. While enrollment and retention rates are improving, progress has been slow to improve education indicators in Pakistan.
The National Curriculum is in line with international benchmarks, yet sensitive to the economic, religious, and social needs of young scholars across Pakistan. As such, the National Curriculum aims to shift classroom instruction from rote learning to concept-based learning.
Figure 1.1 The structure of school education system in Pakistan (Pre-Primary to Higher Secondary).....4 Figure 2.1 Distribution of Educational Institutions in Pakistan.....8
