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Title: PEF kicks off Drive to Promote Quality Education
Post by: sb on September 18, 2013, 09:20:02 AM
PEF kicks off Drive to Promote Quality Education’
Lahore : 18 September : Managing Director Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) Nawazish Ali has said that PEF had started a comprehensive campaign to promote quality education at the grassroots so that no one was left uneducated.
He was addressing a meeting of district coordination of various schools partnered with the PEF under its Foundation Assisted School programme in the districts of Sargodha, Bhakkar, Khushab, Mianwali and Chiniot at a local hotel on Tuesday. Besides FAS officials, school heads, teachers and students largely attended the meeting.
The basic purpose of this campaign is to extend the fundamental right of education to each and every child in Punjab.
He further said the campaign was aimed at improving quality of life of poor and deserving children through provision of education and thus enabling the educated youth to bring a positive social change with their dedicated leadership.
He said in this regard, Punjab education foundation was playing a leading role in the promotion of school education with its model of public private partnership.
“We have planned to bring back 4 million youth of six to 16 years of age to schools which will work in coordination with Punjab Education Foundation.
It would be the biggest drive against illiteracy. It is hoped that illiteracy will completely be rooted out from the province as a result of education sector reforms of the Punjab government.”
MD said Punjab government was giving special importance to the promotion of education, as it was the first step towards collective prosperity and social development of the nation.
PEF was given Rs 7.5 billion during the current fiscal year to promote gratis education and this would illuminate the society with the light of education in every nook and corner of the province.
Nawazish Ali said that Punjab government’s school enrolment drive was proving effective and useful for the poor communities, as it has rekindled hope in them. He told that more than 5.7 million boys and 4.8 million girls had been enrolled in Punjab government schools as a result of this enrolment drive.