Education Sector Reforms (ESR)

Pakistan's deteriorating education system has radicalised many young people while failing to equip
them with the skills necessary for a modern economy. The public, government-run schools, which
educate the vast majority of children poorly rather than the madrasas (religious seminaries) or the
elite private schools are where significant reforms and an increase in resources are most needed to
reverse the influence of jihadi groups, reduce risks of internal conflict and diminish the widening
fissures in Pakistani society. Both the government and donors urgently need to need give this
greater priority.