Education
The trend towards higher education is rapidly increasing in the province and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is home to Pakistan's foremost engineering university (Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology), which is in Topi, a town in Swabi district. The University of Peshawar is also a notable institution of higher learning.
The Frontier Post is perhaps the province's best-known newspaper and addresses many of the issues facing the population.
| Year | Literacy Rate |
|---|---|
| 1972 | 15.5% |
| 1981 | 16.7% |
| 1998 | 35.41% |
| 2008 | 49.9% |
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This is a chart of the education market of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa estimated by the government in 1998. Also see
| Qualification | Urban | Rural | Total | Enrolment Ratio(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2,994,084 | 14,749,561 | 17,743,645 | — |
| Below Primary | 413,782 | 3,252,278 | 3,666,060 | 100.00 |
| Primary | 741,035 | 4,646,111 | 5,387,146 | 79.33 |
| Middle | 613,188 | 2,911,563 | 3,524,751 | 48.97 |
| Matriculation | 647,919 | 2,573,798 | 3,221,717 | 29.11 |
| Intermediate | 272,761 | 728,628 | 1,001,389 | 10.95 |
| BA, BSc… degrees | 20,359 | 42,773 | 63,132 | 5.31 |
| MA, MSc… degrees | 18,237 | 35,989 | 53,226 | 4.95 |
| Diploma, Certificate… | 82,037 | 165,195 | 247,232 | 1.92 |
| Other qualifications | 19,766 | 75,226 | 94,992 | 0.53 |
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