PESHAWAR
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has decided to setup Rs3 billion fund for education emergency endorsement from which financial assistance would be provided talented students.
Muhammad Sahab Khan, senior planning officer at education department told APP the fund would also be utalized for education card scheme intially would be launched in Upper and Lower Kohistan, Kolai Palas, Torghar, Upper and Lower Chitral, Tank, and Upper and Lower South Waziristan.
The official said all children attending government schools in these areas will receive Rs1,000 per month.
The beneficiaries would also get free admission in the registered private schools of their choice in these districts.
He said that about 40,000 children would benefit from this program in the first phase in KP and upon its success the facility would be extended to other districts.
Additionally, girls in grades 6 to 10 across the province would receive Rs500 per month as an educational stipend, benefiting around 550,000 girls.
Annually about Rs 3.1 billion would be spent to be funded by the provincial government, he said, adding free textbooks and scholarships would also be provided under the Education Card.
He said the intiative would help increase students enrollment besides discourage drop ration in schools.
