Girls’ education: Japan to help in schools upgrade
Japan to provide grant upto 808 million Japanese Yen to implement educational institutions for girls in rural Sindh.
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan and Japan signed an agreement under which the latter would expand girls’ education opportunities in rural Sindh. In connection to this, Secretary of Economic Affairs Division (EAD) Nargis Sethi and Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan Hiroshi Inomata inked an agreement. According to the agreement, Japan would provide a grant up to 808 million Japanese Yen ( Rs. 829 million or US$ 7.85 million), in order to implement “the Project for Upgrading Primary Girls Schools into Elementary Schools in Southern Rural Sindh”. In her opening remarks,Secretary of Economic Affairs Division (EAD) Nargis Sethi appreciated the economic ties between Pakistan and Japan. She added that Japan would further assist Pakistan to establish educational institutions for girls in other parts of the country.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 12th, 2014.
Pakistan and Japan signed an agreement under which the latter would expand girls’ education opportunities in rural Sindh. In connection to this, Secretary of Economic Affairs Division (EAD) Nargis Sethi and Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan Hiroshi Inomata inked an agreement. According to the agreement, Japan would provide a grant up to 808 million Japanese Yen ( Rs. 829 million or US$ 7.85 million), in order to implement “the Project for Upgrading Primary Girls Schools into Elementary Schools in Southern Rural Sindh”. In her opening remarks,Secretary of Economic Affairs Division (EAD) Nargis Sethi appreciated the economic ties between Pakistan and Japan. She added that Japan would further assist Pakistan to establish educational institutions for girls in other parts of the country.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 12th, 2014.