Historically, children from the Fields have had the right to attend primary school in Pagford, a place of flower baskets and other middle-class comforts, and the town has also supported a drug-treatment clinic that serves the neighborhood.

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The mother-of four said she had two children of primary school age who could now not attend the same school, with the result that KCC had offered a taxi for her four-year-old - a suggestion she felt was unacceptable.

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As a result more than 30 students had to attend lessons at Tiantou Primary School.

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Across Pakistan as a whole, only 52% of primary-school-age pupils attend school.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan