A. 26 million
B. 20 million
C. 23 Million
D. 22 Million
Answer
Correct Answer: A. 26 million
Detail About MCQs
According to the Pakistan Institute of Education (PIE), there were 26.2 million out-of-school children in Pakistan in 2021-2022. This is a 40% increase from 2021, when there were 18.7 million out-of-school children.
The number of out-of-school children in Pakistan is broken down by province as follows:
- Punjab: 10.11 million out-of-school children
- Sindh: 7 million out-of-school children
- Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: 3.6 million out-of-school children
- Balochistan: 3.1 million out-of-school children
In response to the large number of out-of-school children, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif announced an “Education Emergency” to enroll the children and make Pakistan one of the most educated countries in the world.