South Punjab School Education Secretary Dr Obaidullah Khokhar laid the foundation stone of two new classrooms at Pakistan’s first transgender school in Gulgasht on Sunday.
The initiative under the governance and empowerment programme of the School Education Department of South Punjab is supported by various social organisations.
Dr Khokhar shared practical steps taken by the school education department to educate and empower the transgender community through the Trans Education Project. He maintained that three years ago, the project was started in a single room at Government Girls Comprehensive Higher Secondary School.
Since then, many students from the transgender school have passed their matriculation and intermediate exams.
To support their economic independence, vocational training in fields such as tailoring, dress designing, and beautician courses has been provided, he said.
The official praised the contributions of Irtiqa Foundation and Farmers Development Organization in assisting with the construction of the new classrooms.
He also acknowledged the completion of projects like the establishment of state-of-the-art vocational and computer labs, as well as the installation of solar systems, with the support of international partners.
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