Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- The collection of accurate statistics was the biggest issue in determining the actual number of out-of-school children in the country; however, the Ministry of Education has done this job excellently and pointed out that at least 11,000 children were still out of schools in Islamabad.

This was stated by Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training Wajiha Akram on Sunday. She was speaking at the launch of the first-ever curriculum-based Robotic & STEAM Club in Nova City School (NCS) in Wah Cantt branch.

She said that as per vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to raise literacy level in the country, the ministry has successfully enrolled 7,000 out-of-school children in different schoo...