Pakistan's Repeated School Closures Deepen Learning Crisis, Hit Girls Hardest

Pakistan's schools have been shut repeatedly in recent years due to security threats, Covid-19, climate crises, smog, and most recently the fuel price shock from the US-Israel war on Iran. With 77% of 10-year-olds unable to read a simple text and millions of students mostly girls dropping out after past closures, experts warn that each shutdown deepens an already severe learning and gender crisi