Education in Lower Dir District in Pakistan. Education demographics The total gross enrollment ratio is 73.83% without including Kachi and 79.59% including Kachi class. Student teacher ratio is 43 students per teacher and there are 41 boys per male teacher and 46 girls per female teacher. According to the recent Universal Primary Education (UPE) survey, the total number of children in the age group 5–7 years is 104,498 in which 56,937 are boys and 47,561 are girls. Due to the limited access the number of the out of school children among the age group (5–7 years) are 25,169, almost 24% children of the total (age group 5–7 years) are out of the school. In which 19% are boys and 30% are girls. These figures also include the dropped out students both boys and girls. Census of schools There are 1,023 villages in district Dir lower. There are: 827 boys primary schools 405 girls primary schools 62 girls middle schools 90 boys middle schools 14 girls high schools (Badwan, Brangola, Chakdara, Hajiabad, Khadagzai, Talash, Timergara, ...) 52 boys high school 12 boys higher secondary schools (Brangola, Chakdara, Hajiabad, Talash, Timergara, ...) 3 girls secondary school 120 private schools. 2 Boys Colleges (Gulabad, Timergara) 2 Girls Colleges (Chakdara, Timergara) 1 University (University of Malakand at Chakdara, Established in 2001) Beside the government primary schools, Khwendo Kor NGO is running 15 schools, Elementary Education Foundation (EEF) is running 25 schools, ILO is running 7 schools and Non Formal Basic Education (NFBE) is running 95 schools. The numbers of madrassas (religious schools) are not yet available. Literacy rate The adult literacy of the district among the population aged 10 years and above is 93.9% which has increased significantly since 1981 when it was just 10.16 percent. The male literacy ratio is 95.76%> compared to 85.25% percent for females, according to census report 2018. Quality measures The term quality Education needs clarity and no such practices are observed in the schools. The PTAs are formed in the schools according to government procedures, but these are only limited to school petty repairs and not involved in the school management. International development programmes In District Dir the schools and literacy department is supported by the World Food Programme for a girls enrollment enhancement programme. They provide the edible oil to the girls enrolled in the low enrollment school. There is need of developing more partnerships among these