Over 7,000 out-of-school children enrolled in capital

Every child attaining the age of education will be enrolled in the city's schools by the end of this year

ISLAMABAD: Minister for  Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood said on Wednesday his ministry had enrolled over 7,000 out-of-school children under a campaign launched to provide education facility to every child of the capital.

The ministry conducted a door-to-door survey in the capital and identified over 11,000 out-of-school children in a survey, out of which more than 7,000 children had been enrolled, Mahmood said on the sidelines of 'Prime Minister Imran Khan's Vision of Clean Green Pakistan and Social Responsibility of Youth' conference.

He said the drive to raise the number of school-goers in Islamabad was in full swung and every child attaining the age of education would be enrolled in the city's schools by the end of this year, he added. Addressing the seminar, Shafqat said the government had taken several initiatives in line with PM Imran's clean and green vision to escape environmental degradation and fight climate change dilemma.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 18^th, 2019.