Charter of the Economy Some key conclusions emerge from the Table. First, 2009-10 was the last year before the 7 th NFC Award. This Award allocated Table 26.6: Annual Growth Rate of Real Public Expenditure on Different Levels of Education in Pakistan –(%) 2001-02 to 2009-10 2009-10 to 2018-19 2001-02 to 2018-19 substantially higher Primary 4.2 resources to the Provincial Secondary 11.8 Governments, with the primary responsibility of Colleges& Universities 25.3 delivering education and Teacher Training 4.2 9.4 7.0 7.4 9.5 5.1 15.8 7.5 5.5 health services. It is not TOTAL 6.6 8.3 7.5 surprising that after the Source: PRSP data base Award the growth rate of education expenditure in real terms has been higher at 8.3 percent, as compared to 6.6 percent prior to the Award. Second, as already identified, the country has prematurely seen a very rapid expansion in colleges and universities. The growth rate of expenditure was by far the highest at 25 percent between 2001-02 and 2009-10. Apparently, this was at the cost of basic primary education where the growth rate in expenditure was only 4 percent. The period after 2009­10 has rightly seen higher growth rates in spending on primary and secondary education as compared to college/university education. The impact of education expenditures on outcomes in terms of the enrollment rates is given in Table 26.7. The analysis has been conducted from 2007-08 to 2018-19. Table 26.7: Trend in Key Education Indicators –(%) 2007-08 2013-14 • Literacy Rate(%)| (Age> 10 years) 56 58 • Youth Literacy Rate(%)| (Age 15-24 years) n.a. 71 • Adult Literacy(%)| (Age> 15 years) n.a. 55 • GER Primary(%) 91 90 • NER Primary(%) 55 62 • GER Middle(%) 53 59 • NER Middle(%) 18 35 • GER Matric(%) 50 57 • NER Matric(%) 11 24 • GER Matric(%)- ­Source: PSLSMS, PBS Change 2 ­­1 7 6 17 7 13 ­2018-19 60 72 Change 2 1 56 1 96 5 66 4 63 4 38 3 57 0 27 3 - ­268