Is PTI Failing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Education System?

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, currently under its third term of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) governance, has seen nearly 11 years of PTI rule. While the party has consistently claimed to promote development and progress, the reality behind these claims is starkly revealed in the latest educational report.

According to the report, approximately 4.9 million children are currently out of school in the province. The educational system faces severe challenges, with 30,727 teacher positions remaining unfilled and over 500 schools completely non-functional. The absence of basic facilities in educational institutions is further deteriorating the educational standards across the province.

More than 5,000 schools lack electricity, and over 2,000 schools do not have access to clean drinking water. Additionally, the report highlights that over 2,000 schools do not have boundary walls, with this issue being more pronounced in the merged districts compared to the settled districts.

In the last five years, 150,000 children have dropped out of school due to the lack of facilities, with Kohistan alone seeing an 80% dropout rate among students.

Despite these alarming statistics, the current PTI government has not presented any concrete plans to improve the quality of education in the province. These facts cast a significant shadow over the performance of PTI’s 11-year rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, raising serious questions about the effectiveness of their governance in the educational sector.