Research Report

Towards a Resilient Education Recovery from Pakistan's Floods (Research Report)

A research report, produced by PCE with the Malala Fund and Education Champions Network, analysing Pakistan's post-disaster education response and what it would take to protect learning when the next emergency comes.

A research report, produced by PCE with the Malala Fund and Education Champions Network, analysing Pakistan's post-disaster education response and what it would take to protect learning when the next emergency comes.

THEMES

Education Resilience & Climate Change

Girls' Education

Governance & Accountability

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Authored by development expert Dr. Moizza B. Sarwar (University of Oxford) and produced by PCE in collaboration with the Education Champions Network with support from the Malala Fund, this report examines how Pakistan’s education system responds to recurring disasters—from the 2005 earthquake to COVID-19 to the catastrophic 2022 floods that disrupted learning for 3.5 million children. It identifies the persistent gaps in post-disaster education response and offers concrete recommendations for government, civil society, and non-profits to build and roll out effective school disaster-response plans.

Key highlights/findings

The floods disrupted learning for 3.5 million children. By January 2023, only 0.2 million had been reached.

Over 26,000 schools were damaged or destroyed. Around 7,000 became shelters.

Aid for education reached USD 14.94 million, far below the USD 57 million after the 2010–11 floods.

Recovery focuses on rebuilding, not on learning loss or keeping children in school.

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