Islamabad, Jan. 21 -- Pakistani households are spending more on education than the government itself, exposing deep structural failures in public education financing and raising urgent questions about inequality and state responsibility.

According to a new report launched at a national policy dialogue, families spent an estimated PKR 2.8 trillion on education, overtaking the government's allocation of Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 2.23 trillion.

The findings were presented during the release of the 15th annual Public Financing of Education report by the Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS), as reported by The Express Tribune.

According to The Express Tribune, the data reveals that Pakistan's total education expenditure now stands ...