Measuring Literacy Mechanism and Assessment of Literacy Levels in Pakistan

The main objective of this research study was to assess the literacy measuring mechanism and the existing levels of literacy in selected rural and urban areas of Pakistan. Two separate survey tools were used to collect the data. The subject of the study was of the people, ages from 10 to 59 years, who have completed their primary education, but did notable avail elementary or beyond levels of education. 1812 persons from 256 households were found and just 104 persons have participated in the literacy test. Researcher used certain procedure like as sum of coded values, percentage distribution, and average. The analysis of the data clearly shows that the urban areas are very lack in self-learning level while the rural areas are good in their self-learning levels. The educational grades reflect an obvious indication that the grade 6 is a level which may be standardized as the standard grade for achieving the literacy in Pakistan. Primary education which, encompasses from grade prep to five is basically considered to be measured as literacy grade while the study suggests that these grades are lack in determining the initial literacy level of a person. It is recommended to enhance the quality of primary education with more focus upon the learning of practical literacy skills. As this study recommends that grade six may be determined as the foundation grade to determine the literate, which may be generalized to other parts of the country.