Sindh 330,000 girls to be enrolled this year
Karachi: The Resource Support Unit in collaboration with the World Bank will spend Rs2.3 billion annually for the repair, renovation of school buildings as well as provision of furniture, besides making available the teaching staff in order to restore academic activities in schools.
This was stated by chief project manager of the Resource Support Unit while giving a briefing at a meeting chaired by Adviser to Chief Minister Sindh and Vice-Chairperson Steering Committee of the Resource Support Unit Sharmila Farooqi on Tuesday.
The resource support unit is part of the Sindh Education Reforms Project.
It was said that the amount had been equally distributed among all districts of the province.
The meeting was informed that more than 330,000 girls would be enrolled in schools and more than 13,000 teachers would be hired this year on a merit basis. Last year, over 294,000 girls were enrolled and 7,000 teachers were recruited on a merit basis.
Ms Farooqui highlighted the need for devising a system of monitoring to make utilization of the funds transparent. She said that there should be a clear database to ensure effective monitoring of the use of funds provided for the project.
The meeting was also attended by a representative of the World Bank, Shahid Kardar, and two-member delegation of the European Commission. The commission is providing technical assistance to the government for making the education reforms project successful. Dawn
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