In the classrooms of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a quiet but measurable transformation has unfolded — one that asks an old question anew: what does it take to give a child the key of literacy? A partnership between the British government and Pakistan's provincial education authorities has, over several years, moved through more than 500 public schools, lifting Urdu reading proficiency from 15 percent to 78 percent among more than 200,000 children. The achievement is real, but its architects are candid about what comes next: the true measure of reform is not what happens while support is pre
UK-backed literacy programme reaches 200,000 Pakistani children, boosts reading proficiency
35,000 out-of-school children returned to formal education through targeted interventions.