Punjab districts: 'DFID to give 105 million pounds to construct 23,000 classrooms'

Deputy Secretary Planning and Budget School Education department Qaiser Rasheed has said that DFID will give 105 million pounds for the construction of 23000 classrooms in all the districts of Punjab within three years. He said this while speaking at the launching ceremony of Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) on Saturday.
Director Programmes ASER Baela Raza Jamil, Director National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) Brigadier Abdul Basit, former DPI Jamil Najam and Zulfiqar Ali Saqib from Directorate of Staff Development (DSD) also expressed their views on this occasion.
Qaiser said that these classrooms will be built in those schools which were over crowded. He also said that last year Rs 14 billion were spent on infrastructure development of schools. He said that government is opening 500 schools on public private partnership in 24 districts of Punjab. He said that Punjab government is providing solar panels to the schools in the districts of DG Khan and Rajan Pur where there is no electricity in two months. Speaking on the occasion Director Programmes ITA Baela Raza Jamil said that ASER 2014 survey will be conducted by specifically trained 10,000 volunteers covering 145 rural and 22 urban districts in Pakistan.