Education in Pakistan

Education in Pakistanis overseen by the governmentMinistry of Educationand theprovincial governments, whereas the federal government mostly assists in curriculum development, accreditation and some financing of research.

The education system in Pakistan is generally divided into five levels:primary(grades one through five);middle(grades six through eight);high(grades nine and ten, leading to theSecondary School Certificateor SSC);intermediate(grades eleven and twelve, leading to aHigher Secondary (School) Certificateor HSC); anduniversityprograms leading toundergraduateandgraduatedegrees.^[3]

The literacy rate ranges from 87% inIslamabadto 20% in theKohlu District.^[4]Between 2000—2004, Pakistanis in the age group 55–64 had a literacy rate of almost 30%, those aged between 45–54 had a literacy rate of nearly 40%, those between 25–34 had a literacy rate of 50%, and those aged 15–24 had a literacy rate of more than 60%.^[5]These data indicate that, with every passing generation, the literacy rate in Pakistan has risen by around 10%. Literacy rates vary regionally, particularly by sex. In tribal areas female literacy is 7.5%.^[6]Moreover, English is fast spreading in Pakistan, with 18 million Pakistanis^[7](11% of the population)^[7]having a command over the English language, which makes it the9th Largest English Speaking Nation^[8]in the world and the 3rd largest in Asia.^[7]On top of that, Pakistan produces about 445,000 university graduates and 10,000 computer science graduates per year.^[9]Despite these statistics, Pakistan still has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world.^[10]

University of Education

TheUniversity of Education(orUE), atLahore,Punjab,Pakistanis the first specialized university in the field of education in Pakistan. It was established on September 10, 2002. The university was established to minimize the deficiency of science teachers in the country.

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Landon School

The Landon School is a private, nonsectarian, college preparatory school for boys in grades 3-12, with an enrollment of approximately 683 students. The school sits on 75 acres (300,000 m²) in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C.

Paul Landon Banfield founded the Landon School with the help of his wife, Mary Lee, in 1929. The school's first location was a former residence in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C., now home to the Embassy of Estonia. Banfield moved Landon to its present 75-acre (300,000 m²) campus in Bethesda in 1935. The farmhouse, stables, and barn from the previous use of the Bethesda property still stand on the campus.[

Education

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Girls at asecondary schoolinIraq

Educationin its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next.^[1]Generally, it occurs through anyexperiencethat has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts. In its narrow, technical sense, education is the formal process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulatedknowledge,skills,customsandvaluesfrom one generation to another, e.g., instruction in schools.