PEF plans to educate 2.2m out of school kids by 2019
“The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) shall arrange free school education of mostly out of school children in the province during the next six years. This is part of chief minister’s Education sector roadmap programme which is aimed to eradicate illiteracy and alleviate poverty by giving free quality education to all such children who could not make it to schools due to different reasons,” said Punjab Education Foundation Chairman Raja Anwar while talking to a seven member delegation comprising of heads of various PEF partner schools at his residence on Sunday.
While talking to the delegation, PEF chairman said that the foundation shall arrange child-friendly schooling for such out of school children during the period 2013-19, adding that a comprehensive educational plan has already been devised for it.
Currently, PEF has arranged free school education of 1.4 million poor and deserving children through a network of about four thousand partner schools in 36 districts, he added.
He maintained that PEF model of public private partnership is the most useful intervention, which is also in accordance with the socio-cultural norms of the province.
This model has encouraged and promoted the low-cost private schools in a number of ways including teachers’ training and improving management standards of such schools, he added.
On the occasion, the delegation thanked the Punjab government for taking proactive steps to improve the standard of private sector schools.
