Stipend plan for girls designed
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The Balochistan Finance Secretary Noor ul Haq Baloch on Friday announced to launch a stipend program for female students to boost their literacy rate.
“This program will ensure maximum enrollment of female students”, he said. “Under the propose+d program, the Balochistan government will be paying Rs. 500 to every girl in the lower level, Rs 800 in secondary school and Rs 1000 at the intermediate level.”
It is pertinent to mention that this move will double the enrolment of girls in Balochistan.
Balochistan is lagging behind other provinces in terms of key social indicators as compared to other provinces of the country.
The education department’s statistics show more than one million children are currently out of schools in Balochistan.
“We are determined to enrol every child of Balochistan in school”, Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind, the provincial education minister said.
He highlighted that the present government was making hectic efforts to improve the literacy rate in the province.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 3rd, 2020.