Sukkur short-listed for ILO’s assistance programme
National Rural Support Programme’s monitoring officer, Muhammad Owais, told The Express Tribune that the project is being run under the technical assistance from the International Labour Organisation.
Two districts in Pakistan were identified for the programme - Sukkur in Sindh and Sahiwal in Punjab.
The programme was started in 2009 and 46 centers for non-formal education have been established in Sukkur in which 2,093 children are being educated.
“At our centres, students are taught English, Urdu and mathematics for six months,” said Owais. “Children between the age of five and fourteen are admitted in our non-formal education centers, those between 15 and 17 years are admitted to our adult literacy centres.”
He added that besides providing non-formal education, girls are also given vocational training for two months. This includes sewing, embroidery and. Boy are also trained as mechanics and plumbers.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 12th, 2012.
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