Besides having an extremely poor illiteracy rate, the future seems grim given that government spending on education is a little over 2% of GNP and private education is beyond the means of an average Pakistani. We need to rely on low-cost high-quality private initiatives to solve the education crisis that Pakistan's children face. Its critical to provide these kids with education so they're able to break the cycle of poverty that inflicts 66% of the country, to say no to extremism and become a force of positive socio-economic change.