Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain informed the National Assembly that the government had set an ambitious target to bring all 70,000 out-of-school children in the Islamabad Capital Territory to zero by June 30.
Replying to various supplementary questions during the question hour on Friday, the minister said currently, around 70,000 children were out-of-school in Islamabad and all-out efforts were being made to enrol them in schools.
Tanveer said the government had also launched the Schools on Wheels initiative in Islamabad to provide education to the children of rural areas. For this purpose, buses were converted into mobile schools having state-of-the-art facilities, including toilets. The ministry was also planning to provide such mobile buses facility to the children of flood-affected areas of Balochistan and Sindh, he said, adding that World Bank (WB) had assured the provision of 30 buses for the noble cause.
The minister said the WB also intended to introduce such a system in Africa. The ministry was ready to assist other provinces if the provincial governments provided buses, he said. The government had also started the tele school system, besides focusing on distance learning, he said, adding that it had also undertaken an accelerated learning programme with the cooperation of the United Kingdom to enhance the literacy rate in the country.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 29th, 2023.
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