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Pindiites the most literate in
Punjab
RAWALPINDI:
Literacy rate in Rawalpindi district jumped to 70.5 percent from
74.5 percent in 2007, the District Government Literacy Department
claims. The literacy rate is stated to be the highest all through
Punjab.
 The
Punjab
literacy department had recorded
Rawalpindi's
literacy rate in 2006 at 70.5 percent against the province's average
literacy rate of 44.09 percent. The city had reported 64 percent
literacy rate in 1998. A literacy department had conducted a survey
in the city's 10 union councils (UCs) including Kuri Dolal, Mohra
Noori, Banda, Adiala, Sihal, Kalar Syedan, Darnohian, Thatta Khalil,
Tret and Khadiot in 2006. The survey found 90.3 percent children
between five and 14, and 83.5 percent people of 15–35 years of age
literate.
Executive
District Officer (Literacy) Jamshaid Iqbal said there were two
reasons for high literacy rate in the city, one better public
awareness about importance of education and second migration of
people to urban areas. He said people migrated to urban localities
for better education and facilities. He said the literacy department
had planned to set up 140 non-formal basic education schools (NFBES)
and 200 adult literacy centres (ALCs) in the 10 UCs.
However, the
survey revealed that there was requirement of 355 ALCs in the ten
UCs, he said. He said his department would require funds to open the
required number of ALCs. staff report.
30 January 2008
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