Education is the biggest marker of upward mobility in a society. For a nation to grow intellectually, economically and socially, it is vital that its children are offered education without barriers. Unfortunately, the current climate of Pakistan's progress is severely handicapped by its 25.37 million out-of-school children — as revealed by a recent report titled 'Pakistan's Non-Formal Education Report 2023-24', launched in Islamabad last week.

This crisis ranks Pakistan as the country with the world's........

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