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'Education apartheid': schooling in crisis in Pakistan

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Pakistan is facing a severe education crisis, with more than 26 million children out of school.

Poverty is the biggest factor keeping children out, but the problem is worsened by underqualified teachers, cultural barriers and climate change.

Pakistan will host a two-day international summit to advocate for girls' education in Muslim countries, attended by Malala Yousafzai .

"What's the point of studying if after 10 to 12 years , we still end up struggling for basic needs, wasting time and finding no way out?" he told AFP . Najam, the professor, said that low-quality education was contributing to the rise in out-of-school children. Parents, realising their children cannot compete for jobs with those who attended better schools, instead prefer to teach them labour skills. "As big a crisis as children being out of school is the quality of the education in schools," said Najam . zz/ecl/sco/cwl.

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