Alif Ailaan
الف اعلان | |
| Formation | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Defunct | 2018 |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Headquarters | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Director | Mosharraf Zaidi |
| Website | www |
Alif Ailaan (Urdu: الف اعلان) was a nonprofit organization working in the field of education in Pakistan from 2013 to 2018.[1] Launched by a team of media and communications specialists, the program aimed to prioritize education in Pakistan and raise awareness among the masses about the importance of education.[2]
It ran campaigns in print, on radio and television, and on social media for the awareness of the masses about education. The program conducts seminars and surveys and publishes the highly-cited district education rankings report. It also monitored the performance of parliamentarians in reforming education in their constituencies.[3]
Working in the four provinces of Pakistan as well as Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and the formerly Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Alif Ailaan identified the weak spots in education through research and aimed to assist decision makers in creating and implementing better education policies.[2]
Contributions
Alif Ailaan addressed the educational crisis in Pakistan and suggested measures to reform the education landscape. Through their research and data compilation, they assisted decision makers to come up with. Funded by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development, the organization also provided grant support to civil society organisations working for educational reforms and fund research on issues related to education in Pakistan.[2]
District Education Rankings
Alif Ailaan also released annual District Education Rankings for all districts of Pakistan on the basis of its research. The research examined the state of education in the country's 148 districts and agencies and identified the weak spots in education.
2013
According to District Education Rankings 2013, Punjab and Balochistan were the top and bottom-ranked provinces respectively. Poonch was the highest-ranked district in the country, scoring 82.94 points out of a maximum of 100. No districts of the Sindh could find a place among top 50, while only98 our of the total 145 districts scored above 50.[4]
| Rank | District | Province |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poonch | Azad Kashmir |
| 2 | Islamabad | Islamabad Capital Territory |
| 3 | Chakwal | Punjab |
| 4 | Sialkot | |
| 5 | Rawalpindi | |
| 6 | Jhelum | |
| 7 | Narowal | |
| 8 | Lahore | |
| 9 | Hunza–Nagar | Gilgit-Baltistan |
| 10 | Haripur | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Rank | Province | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azad Kashmir | 77.96 |
| 2 | Punjab | 68.78 |
| 3 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 67.45 |
| 4 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 63.79 |
| 5 | Sindh | 51.67 |
| 6 | Federally Administered Tribal Areas | 47.42 |
| 7 | Balochistan | 46.70 |
| Rank | Province | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punjab | 83.47 |
| 2 | Sindh | 66.70 |
| 3 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 66.18 |
| 4 | Federally Administered Tribal Areas | 35.17 |
| 5 | Balochistan | 26.61 |
| 6 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 26.22 |
| 7 | Azad Kashmir | 23.60 |
2014
The 2014 District Education Rankings of 146 districts of Pakistan showed that Islamabad was the best-performing region in terms of overall standards of education, followed by districts of Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).[5][6]
2015
The 2015 District Education Ranking showed poor performance of Sindh while the performance of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for improving its enrollment, retention and gender parity indicators was lauded.[7] Rawalpindi District was on top of the ranking.[2]
Performance of parliamentarians in education sector
Alif Ailaan also gauged the performance of every Member of the National Assembly on the basis of educational performance in their respective constituencies. They were assessed against four indicators for education – gender parity, physical facilities, student–teacher ratio and retention.[2][8]
See also
- Pakistan District Education Rankings
- Khwarizmi Science Society
- The Citizens Foundation
References
- ^ "Farwell, Alif Ailaan". Daily Times. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Official, Website. "About Alif Ailaan". www.alifailaan.pk. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ Azam, Oonib (5 July 2018). "Candidates from District South fail to share education plan". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ a b c d Ghani, Asma (21 June 2013). "Punjab tops Pakistan District Education Rankings". The Nation. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "'Alif Ailaan' efforts for promotion of education highlighted". The News International. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ Ikram, Junaidi (23 May 2014). "Rankings reveal state of education in Pakistan". Dawn. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Education report card". Dawn. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ Daud, Khwaja (12 November 2015). "Alif Ailaan releases Midterm Report Card on performance of Parliamentarians in Education". Daily Pakistan. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
External links
- http://www.alifailaan.pk Archived 2022-12-10 at the Wayback Machine