ISLAMABAD: Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Muhammad Balighur Rehman has said that Pakistan has contributed US $10 million to the Malala Fund for Girl’s Right to Education established under MoU signed by the government of Pakistan and UNESCO.
In reply to a question here on Tuesday in Senate, the minister said that $7 million has been contributed to various projects in the country while the remaining $3 million has been allocated for border areas of Afghanistan to promote girls education and gender equality.
In addition, the minister said that UNICEF provided Rs6.75 million in 2015 to the Ministry of Federal Education for support to implement the national plan, conduct workshops to develop a national support base for CFS and improve student learning among other purposes.
He said that GIZ provided technical assistance to the education ministry to hold a national level consultative workshop on minimum strands for quality education which was conducted two years back.
