61% of males and 37% of females cannot read or write

Half of the 12 million children who enrol in primary school each year

do not complete a full year

Pakistan spends 2.9% GDP on education compared with Britian spending 5.6%

23.5% females and 46.8% males complete secondary school

There are 150,000 schools for a population of 185,000,000

Almost all schools are single gendered, yet only 1/3 of schools are for girls

Within state schools, many schools have one teacher

 teaching 150 pupils of mixed ages

Students of both sexes are expected to do manual labour, offer the teacher

bribes and suffer corporal punnishment

A supply of drinking water is often unavailable,

 and toilet facilies are usually inadequate

Teachers in state schools earn much more than those in private schools, but they are often chronically absent and show little pride for their work

Private primary school usually have less than one-third trained teachers, and are in rented premises, or teacher's own houses. Such schools receive no financial support from the government, and meet all their operational expenses from student fees

Private schools for poorer children are generally located in poor urban areas.  

They are housed in small over-crowded buildings with children squeezed into small rooms with poor ventilation and in many cases, no electrical facilities.  

Some children who attend these schools have to travel 7 to 8 kilometres

Many primary school teachers dont earn enough money to live on,

 so they have to take on second jobs

Young girls put themselves at risk traveling to and from school long distances.

To be abused or harrassed whilst travelling is a very real threat for them.

This stops over four fiths of girls enroling in primary school every year