CHITRAL, Feb 5: The district has 98 per cent literacy rate, the highest in the NWFP, in the age group of 6-10 years.  

According to a report prepared by the provincial education department, Chitral has also to its credit the second lowest drop-out rate in the province.

It says the drop-out rate of schoolchildren here is 23 per cent while that of Swabi district is 22 per cent. There are over 600 primary schools for boys and girls in Chitral District.

Another encouraging aspect of the situation, as shown in the report, is that the rate of girls’ enrolment with education institutions is fairly equal to the boys’, despite the abject poverty and a conservative social approach of locals in case of the woman.

But still after achieving this high rate of the enrolment, the district awaits progress and prosperity of the locals.