Education Fund for Sindh EFS and BRAC Pakistan join hands with the support of UK government's DFID to spread education in Sindh. In a meeting held here on Monday, EFS committed Rs 284.3 million to BRAC Pakistan under one of its programmes, which supports sustainable partnerships for providing quality education in underprivileged communities of Sindh.
The agreement provides for establishing 700 schools in the districts of Karachi, Khairpur and Qambar Shahdadkot for 21,000 children, with special focus on girls' education, where they will get an opportunity to pursue quality education. The agreement will remain valid for one year and will be renewed on an annual basis. This outreach programme establishes schools in far-flung and under-privileged areas of Sindh to provide education to out of school children who would not have had a chance to attend school otherwise.
Speaking at the ceremony, Khawaja Adeel Aslam, CEO, EFS, said that "Our dream is that every child in Pakistan has access to good quality, cost effective education". He emphasised the importance of this programme, "this partnership between EFS and BRAC Pakistan holds great promise as a model for addressing the education crisis in Pakistan".-PR