Education, deemed as the most significant marker for progress in any nation, is kept at an unbelievably low rung of Pakistan's priority ladder. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that the country has a literacy rate of only 62.3%, and around 26.2 million out-of-school children aged 5-16. Late-stage capitalism has also seeped into educational institutes that now operate in almost every other residential street for the sole purpose of profit-making - leeching off desperate........

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