Afaf Manzoor2025-08-132025-08-132019https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/4744The case of out of school children in Pakistan is vital to resolve in gaining a respectable place among global community. Children with disabilities are disproportionally and systematically marginalized in Pakistan. In-spite of many efforts by government, a large number (95%) of those children have no access to education and only 5% are in all types of schools. This huge disparity indicates that existing schooling that consists of segregated thought and charity paradigm is inherently incapable to bring out of school children in school. Moreover, these children constitute one third of 20 million children who are out of school. It appears that commitments on national and international treaties cannot be fulfilled until these children are mainstreamed in the system. The right based approach is a viable solution internationally and is now getting its roots in Pakistan as well. Various empirical studies indicated that poverty and disability are major causes that keep children out of school. Even this relationship is bilateral and serve as both cause and effect.enThesis