WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific - 2016 SPRs RBB 2016 SPRs by country | Seite 664

Standard Project Report 2016
stunted, 31.5 percent underweight and 15.1 percent
malnutrition-burdened country in South Asia after India.
wasted
[2].
Pakistan
is
the
second
highest
Educational achievement correlates strongly and positively with both individual and household economic outcomes,
and economic outcomes and food security typically go hand in hand. The Government of Pakistan has introduced
necessary reforms to uplift the educational status of the population, including the devolution of education to
provinces and legislation providing for free and compulsory secondary education for all. However, according to
Pakistan education statistics in 2014-15, six million children age 5-16 years (primary and secondary school age
groups) are out of school. In particular, the fragile education system in FATA suffers from instability and most of the
population is illiterate, with an adult literacy rate of 24 percent (with a significant disparity between the female
literacy rate of 11 percent and the male literacy rate of 37 percent), and a net enrolment rate for primary schools of
42 percent. The gender parity index for primary schools is 0.74 [3]. As cultural norms inhibit access to education for
girls, particularly at the secondary school level, the gender parity index in FATA for middle schools and high
schools, in relation to the net enrolment rate, is 0.30 and 0.19, respectively.
Law enforcement operations in the country's north-west continue to hinder progress towards stabilising food and
nutrition security in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA regions. The Government remains committed to facilitating
and expediting the return of families that have been displaced as a result of the military operations in FATA through
its return and rehabilitation strategy. Health and education infrastructure in the conflict-affected regions of FATA has
also been damaged and is in critical need of recovery assistance.
[1] A joint report report by WFP Pakistan and the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform.
[2] According to National Nutrition Survey (NNS) 2011.
[3] The gender parity index is the ratio of the number of female students enrolled at primary, secondary and tertiary
levels of education compared to the number of male students at each level.
Response of the Government and Strategic Coordination
Pakistan aims to become one of the top 25 economies of the world by 2025 and be in the top 10 by 2047. In order
to achieve this, the Government developed its Vision 2025 strategy in 2014. This strategy links the Government's
development plan with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
and commits the Government to reduci