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Panhwar, Farzana – 1996
The education of females is one of the best investments that a country can make in its future, because it enables the country to draw more fully on all of its human resources for national development. In 1981, 26.2% of the population of Pakistan above the age of 10 was literate. The literacy rate was 35.1% for males compared to 16% for females,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education