Summer courses: Welfare dept makes arrangements

Public and private sector schools to start extracurricular activities for the students during the summer.

KARACHI:


The social welfare department of the Sindh government has made arrangements with public and private sector schools to start extracurricular activities for the students.



The programme is aimed at educating primary- and secondary-level students, even those who are disabled, during the summer vacations.

A welfare department official said that summer camps would be organised in collaboration with the Association for the Maturity of Education and Environment Needs and Dawood Khursheed Memorial International Foundation (DKMIF).

The students will be offered basic English language courses, and letter, application and essay writing, basic computer skills, health, hygiene and safety awareness, first aid, human rights, personality development, photography, and sports. The summer camps will be organised at Gulshan-e-Hadeed, North Nazimabad, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Malir and Clifton.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 11th, 2011.
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