The school system in the district works on the same pattern as in other districts. Broadly the school system can be broken down into three types of schools, Primary, Middle and High schools. The High school system is further divided into High school and model High school. Primary schools are for boys and for girls. These schools are either single teacher schools or multi-teacher schools. In these schools, six years of schooling is provided . As far as government run primary schools are concerned, their cost is nominal and is borne by the government; they have a uniform syllabus and examination system.

Primary schools are basic education units up to 5th grade. They provide schooling up to 6th years. Mohalla and home schools do not exist. Mosque schools used to exist but now they have been merged in primary schools. Madrasas do exist in very large number in rural as well as in urban areas. The Madrasas provide religious education and they are run by religious organizations. Their expenses are borne through social contribution. Enrolment in primary schools was 21,540, out of them the number of girls was 2,125, which was less than 10%.

Middle school is composed of one to eight classes (including primary section). There are 19 middle schools in Killa Abdullah, 16 are for boys and 3 for girls. The total enrolment for middle schools up to April 1996 was 4,324. Out of this total, 4,179 were boys and 145 were girls. In each Middle school, there is a Headmaster/ Headmistress and school teachers J.E.T, J.A.T, D.M, P.T.I, M.Q and J.V.T.

There are two colleges, one intermediate and one degree college. Intermediate college is for girls, while degree college is for boys. In the intermediate college classes for 11th and 12th class are run, while in the degree college courses up to graduate level are taught. In 1985, to fulfil the demand of girl candidates and to save the cost of building and furniture, government has decided to use the girls high school building in the evening to facilitate the process of education, so there is one girls intermediate colleges. In 1996 there were 56 intermediate college students. The number of male students in the college in 1996 was 261 out of them 237 were in the intermediate classes, while 24 were in the degree classes. The number of teachers was 18 in the college and in evening time they provide classes in the Girls Intermediate College. Like secondary school examination, the examining body for intermediate examination is Balochistan Intermediate and Secondary Education, Quetta. The examination of graduate classes is held under the Balochistan University, Quetta.

Comparison of formal and non-formal education, learns that formal education requires age restrictions, the method of instruction is different and there are regular schooling hours. For non-formal education, there is no age limit and the methods of instruction are specially designed. Non formal education is funded through the following sources:

In the educational development of distict Killa Abdullah, many organisation are involved. The degree of their involvement varies from the type of institutions to the place where those institutions are working. Looking at the entire set-up it looks that the involvement of provincial government is substantial. Local government or federal government do not play any important role. The involvement of private sector is also not so encouraging. International donors are involved in creating a conducive climate, particularly for female primary schools in the rural areas of the district.

It has been noticed that, except provincial government, non of the agencies is involved in providing teacher training. There is no university in the district. However, higher education at graduate level is affiliated with the university of Balochistan.