June 28, 2021
Islamabad : The federal government has allocated funds amounting to Rs28 billion for the education sector in the budget 2021-22, which stand almost 500 per cent higher than the PMLN regime’s last year allocation.
In an interview with this agency on Sunday, Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mehmood said that through this allocation, education would see a true transformation.
“The PMLN in its last year in government had spent Rs4.7 billion in the education sector, while the PTI government allocated Rs28 billion for the current financial year that is 100 per cent higher than its previous budget, and 500 per cent higher than the allocation of the previous government’s last year,” he informed.