Thanks for the info but I was expecting a similar graph in the 2nd link about US....in the 2nd link it just gives some names of successful Pakistani American individuals.
I was actually talking about literacy rate of UK and US (not the scores of pupils in examination) which is almost of a same rate in both places.(unfortunately)
Thats what I found, but educational levels is one thing the social position is another.
what has shown is
1- a large number of pakistani britons are working class as it states, and a big chunk is below poverty line
2- in US majority of pakistani americans are middle to upper middle class, exception being newer unskilled immigrants in places like NYC.
I can go in and pull the specific quotes if you like.
overall literacy for all people may be lower in total US i dont know, when it comes to education levels for ppl of Pakistani background, a much higher number of pakistani americans go to college, the overwhelming majority I would say. The Pakistani Americans without college education are those who have just emigrated. In Uk it is a different issue..Pakistani Britons who have gone on to uni is a low ratio at 33%, and basically it is pulled down by certain segments within the Pakistani Briton group.
So that is the big issue in my view, the first or second generation people pursuing education. Thats where it appears the mirpuri community is lagging pretty badly even compared to the non mirpuri community in UK, let alone Pakistani American community, and since mirpuri community is such a big chunk there, unless things change and the next generation does better then we will have a much higher divide in Pakistani Britons than exists now of the educated professionals/business folks and uneducated blue collar workers or those on the dole, since per the report i shared a large chunk is unemployed as well.
dont take this as a rant against UK, I was born there, spent my childhood there and it is still my home, no other place has that place for me, but the problems of the pakistani briton group are real, they are based on background of a large chunk of early immigrants and their circumstances and choices, and the impact of that on their future generations. we cant be blind to it, even educational and social groups and agencies in UK are not blind to that.