Educational Institutions and enrolment in Pakistan

i) Pre‐Primary Education
Pre‐Primary Education is an important component of Early Childhood Education (ECE), Prep or Kachi classes of children having age of 3‐4 years. An increase of 2.6 % in Pre‐Primary enrolment (8.434 million) in 2008‐09 over 2007‐08 (8.218 million) has been observed and during 2009‐10, it is estimated to increase by 2.2 percent. See (Table 10.3).

ii) Primary Education (Classes I – V)
A number of 156,653 Primary Schools with 465,334 Teachers are functional (Table 10.3). An increase of   0.6 % in Primary enrolment (18.468 million) in 2008‐09 over 2007‐08 (18.360 million) has been observed and during 2009‐10, it is estimated to increase by 1.3 percent.

iii) Middle Education (Classes VI‐VIII)
A number 40,919  Middle Schools with 320,480 Teachers are functional (Table 10.3) .A decrease of 0.2 % in middle enrolment (5.414 million) in 2008‐09 over 2007‐08 (5.426 million)  has been observed and during 2009‐10 , it is estimated to increase by 0.6 percent.

iv) Secondary Education (Classes IX‐X)
A number 24,322  Secondary  Schools with 439,316 Teachers are functional (Table 10.3) .An  increase of 2.9 % in middle enrolment (2.556 million) in 2008‐09 over 2007‐08 (2.484 million)  has been observed and during 2009‐10, it is estimated to increase by 5.6 percent.

v) Higher Secondary / Inter Colleges (Classes XI‐XII)
An enrolment of 1.147 million is estimated in 2009‐10 over 1.074 million in 2008‐09 and 959,690 in 2007‐08. 3,291 Higher Secondary Schools / Inter Colleges with 76,184 Teachers are functional (Table 10.3). 78 new schools / Inter Colleges have been added since July 2008.

vi) Degree Colleges Education (Classes XIII‐XIV)
An enrolment of 458,835 students is expected during 2009‐10 in Degree Colleges over 429,251 in  2008‐09 and 383,810 in 2007‐08. 1,238 Degree Colleges with 21,176 Teachers are functional (Table 10.3) and 205 new Degree Colleges have been added since July 2008.

vii) Universities Education (Classes XV onwards)
An enrolment of 948,364 is estimated in 2009‐10   in Higher Education over 803,507 in 2008‐09. In order to boost‐up higher education four new universities have been established during the year 2009‐10 making the total number to 132 universities with 50,825 Teachers in both Private and Public Sectors