This infographics is made by me for himalmag.com and all copy taken from there website

 

 

 

Since the Taliban's attempt on Malala Yousafzai’s life in October 2012, the 15-year -old girl from Pakistan has become a household name internationally. Her work as an anonymous blogger for the BBC and an activist promoting the right to education for girls across Pakistan has drawn acclaim from world leaders and organisations like UNICEF.

Figures relating to education in Pakistan most commonly come from census reports, and the latest numbers are from long before MalalaYousafzai was born. The 1981 census was taken around the time Malala’s mother, Toorpekai, was of school-going age. It reveals impressive progress in literacy rates for both boys and girls, although with fewer girls achieving literacy. The same year, however, reveals a significant dip in male enrollment rates, which were otherwise on the rise and continued to do so: in 1998, male enrollment was around 41 percent.
Source: Population Association of Pakistan

Besides enrollment, dropout rates have also proven important to consider when assessing the state of an education system; girls who initially enroll in class may not stay for very long. Here, we see the country's dropout rates, by class, for 1997 – the year Malala was born.
Source: Pakistan Integrated Household Survey

Facilities such as electricity, toilets, and drinking water have also been shown to positively affect the quality of a student's education, since they relate to health and wellbeing. Statistics show that that madrassas outperform their private and public contemporaries in this respect.
Source: Population Association of Pakistan

Here we see the levels of incomplete primary schooling across all age ranges, as of 2002. Parents who drop out or do not complete an education are also less likely to be involved in their children's education.
Source: Population Association of Pakistan

Important educational indicators from 2012, the same year that Malala was made a target, show that the country's educational system remains largely patriarchal.  One aspect of note is the increasing prevalence of modern technologies, particularly mobile phones, which have altered public access to information dramatically in Pakistan and the larger region.
Source: UNICEF

Statistics from 2012 exemplify the disparities that continue to exist across the education spectrum between urban and rural areas, and between boys and girls. While progress has been made in Pakistan's education system, it is these disparities that will likely define the challenges and conversations around education in the coming years.
Source: UNICEF

~ Graphic by Mohit Lakhmani, a designer based in Delhi.

~ Captions by Colin Cooper, an assistant editor of this publication.