Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary has said that education is the basic right of each and every child and the government is doing its best to fulfill its constitutional obligation to ensure basic education.
He stated this during his address at a ceremony to inaugurate the ‘Drive for the Enrollment of out of School Children’. He said every child in Islamabad will be enrolled in the school. “A special incentive package will be announced for children enrolled in the schools under this drive so that they may continue their education,” he continued.
He emphasized, “We will have to ensure the implementation of law to eradicate child labour and bring out of school children back to schools”. He said such enrollment drives should be initiated in every nook and corner of the country so that every child is enrolled in schools.
Around 12,000, out of schools children in Islamabad will be enrolled in schools during this drive. A field survey under Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) was conducted to locate out of school children in ICT in 2015.
The findings of the survey revealed that there were 11,835 out of school children and the current month long drive is being conducted on its basis.