Government of the Punjab has launched a comprehensive programme by allocating more than Rs 5 billion which is aimed to eradicate the curse of child labour. Under this program non-formal and formal education & professional skills would be provided to the children involved in child labour.
This was stated by various speakers during a seminar organised by Labour Welfare Department held at District Council hall, here on Monday. The seminar was chaired by Additional Secretary Dr Sohail Shehzad, Additional secretary Labour & HRD, Government of the Punjab.
Dr Sohail Shehzad said that Chief Minister Punjab attaches special significance to completely wipe out the scourge of Child Labour which is depriving of children the opportunity to attain formal education & professional skills which is vital to establish a vibrant & productive human resource base. The meeting was briefed that Punjab Government has launched a project under WFCL amounting to Rs 180 million in four districts of Punjab which include Layyah, Jhang, Chakwal and Jehlum. Similarly at two districts of the Punjab province, Kasur and Lahore, another project amounting to Rs 123 million is also under way which would extend education skills & provide soft loans to the labourers working at brick kilns.
The meeting was also briefed about another Rs 190 million project that is under progress in four districts of the province which include Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Sargodha and Gujrat. This programme is aimed to eradicate child labour and to provide Health & Education cover to the children. The seminar was addressed by Director Labour Welfare Basharat Ali, Assistant Director Labour Zubair Hassan Rajput and Zeeshan Mustafa. During the seminar a detail briefing was also held pertaining to education supplies, monitoring check list & process of payment to partner schools. Later, an awareness walk was also held which started from District Council hall.
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