10% of the world’s out of school children are Pakistani.

Currently, Pakistan an estimated 22.8 million children aged 5-16 not attending school, representing 44 per cent of the total population in this age group. Disparities based on gender, socio-economic status, and geography are significant; in Sindh, 52 percent of the poorest children (58 percent girls) are out of school, and in Balochistan, 78 percent of girls are out of school.