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Changes in Levels of Educational Attainment in Pakistan. 1951-1961

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  • M. S. JILLANI

    (University of Karachi)

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Education is one of the basic problems facing the developing nations. It is considered an index of the social and intellectual advancement of a population. This statement may not be absolutely correct; yet there is no denying the fact that progress of literacy and education is closely connected with the social and economic levels attained by a country. Pakistan stands among the least literate countries of the world. The 1961 Census showed a literacy rate of 15.9 per centl. This was an apparent decline from the 19.0 per cent literacy rate registered in the 1951 Census. Actually. however. the decline was dot real but resulted from a difference in the definition of literacy used in the 1951 and 1961 Censuses of Population.

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  • M. S. Jillani, 1964. "Changes in Levels of Educational Attainment in Pakistan. 1951-1961," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 4(1), pages 69-92.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:4:y:1964:i:1:p:69-92
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