Islamabad, May 8 -- Pakistan's education sector has once again come under intense scrutiny after lawmakers were informed that nearly 17,000 children in Islamabad remain out of school, while the credibility of the Cambridge examination system has also been questioned following the reported leak of a Mathematics paper, as reported by The Express Tribune.

According to The Express Tribune, during a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Education, officials disclosed that thousands of children across 30 union councils in the federal capital are still deprived of formal education.

Joint Secretary Education Hameed Niazi told the committee that authorities had completed a survey and set a deadline of May 30 to enrol all out-of-...