The declining ratios were witnessed across the divide, rural, urban, females and males.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

In 2009-10 the literacy rate in Pakistan marginally increased to 57.7% due to an increase in the literacy ratio of females in rural areas.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

The situation is particularly dire in rural areas and particularly for females who are often denied access to education due to poverty and cultural practices which reinforce their domestic roles as mothers and caregivers.

UNESCO: Country Profile: Cambodia