PEF extends New School Program for deserving students

Faisalabad, The fifth phase of New School Program has been initiated by Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) and needy students of nine districts would be facilitated by providing quality of education under this scheme, a PEF spokesperson said.  

 

As many as 125 schools are linked under this scheme and these are located in Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Vehari, Bahawalnagar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Lodhran, Khanewal, Bhakkar and Rahim Yar Khan. More than 11,000 would be facilitated from the extension of this scheme and they could get free education till matriculation. Currently more than 79,000 children from 392 schools all around the province are getting education under this program and the ratio of partner schools would be increased to 517 and the number of students would be increased to 85,000 after the extension.

 

 

Meanwhile, the up-gradation of Government Cooperative Training College will be made by district government. In this way the cost of the project would be Rs175 million and basic facilities would be provided for the construction of college. The building of college would be enhanced under this project. The college would be equipped with all basic amenities. The building of the college would also be upgraded under the project. 

 

 

Punjab Education Foundation is an independent legal body established under an Act of the provincial assembly with its head office at Lahore.

 

The Punjab Education Foundation was established under the Punjab Education Foundation Act of 1991 as an independent government body to encourage and promote education in the private sector operating on non-commercial/ non-profit basis.