Catering Education to Under-Privileged

More than 100 million children have no access to basic education across the world and 60 million of them are girls. Pakistan is no exception; where 165,700 public primary schools for boys as compared to 60,000 schools for girls. Whereas net primary enrollment rate for girls is 39.5 percent and for boys it is around 58 percent. Of those, who complete primary education only 18 percent are numerate and 7 percent are literate to an expected level of competency. About 50 percent children in Pakistan dropout before completing primary education and the largest group of children out of schools are girls.

Among 10-18 years old who have ever attended primary school, 15 percent left before completing primary school. A higher proportion drops out in rural areas (18 percent) than in urban areas (11percent). Girls are slightly more likely to leave school earlier than are boys in rural areas. In many cases parental opposition is grounded in cultural biasness against female education and empowerment. Moreover, poverty, gender bias, lack of female teachers and quality education are some of the factors worsening the situation.

Since, mission of TMF is to spread education in all parts of country; Community Primary Schools are developed to facilitate the following: