Education in Pakistan – one year after the monsoon floods

The floods that hit Pakistan one year ago are considered to be the worst in its history. Triggered by the annual monsoon rains, the water floods claimed hundreds of lives, destroyed 2 million homes and washed away more than 2 million hectares of crops. Among the thousands of buildings lost in the floods, 10,000 were schools, heavily impacting the education of children in Pakistan.

At the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the monsoon floods, UNICEF podcast moderator Amy Costello talked to Ms Nafisa Shah, the co-chair of the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) in Pakistan and Chairperson of the National Commission for Human Development and Ms Shahnaz Wazir Ali, co-chair of the Pakistan Education Task Force (PETF), a nationwide government initiative aiming to widen access to quality education in Pakistan. Both Members of the National Assembly and highly involved with the education sector in Pakistan, Ms Shah and Ms Wazir Ali discuss the current situation of education in Pakistan and the challenges of achieving quality education for all.

To listen to the podcast, click here.