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3,000 children in Balochistan to benefit from collaboration with IRC
July 6, 2021
Islamabad: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Government of Baluchistan’s Secondary Education Department signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for provision of education to 3,000 children in Balochistan, including Afghan refugees.
Both the parties will collaborate to increase student enrolment and retention in 40 schools in Balochistan. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), with the financial support of US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM), is implementing a three-year Enrollment, Retention, Mainstreaming and Protection (ERMP) project in Chaghi and Pishin districts of Balochistan.
This project aims to support access of children to non-formal education at their respective districts/locations. Zain ul Abedin, Country Director at the IRC, stated at the event, Government of Baluchistan’s support for the cause of the education is instrumental in meeting the
The Balochistan Education Department, with the financial support of Unicef, has set up 220 centres under the Accelerated Learning Programme in different districts of the province. Murtaza Ali/White Star
QUETTA: The Balochistan Education Department, with the financial support of Unicef, has set up 220 centres under the Accelerated Learning Programme in different districts of the province.
These centres have been set up mostly in areas which have no government school. Around 8,000 students are getting free education in these centres.
The programme seeks to provide primary education to out-of-school children within three years as opposed to usual six years to overcome the age gap created because of school years missed by these children. The main objective behind the launch of this programme was to make sure that the time of overage children did not go to waste.
Provincial Education Minister Yar Mohammad Rind has announced that educational institutions will not be closed in Balochistan due to Covid-19. ─ INP/File
QUETTA: Provincial Education Minister Yar Mohammad Rind has announced that educational institutions will not be closed in Balochistan due to Covid-19.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, he said annual exams of matriculation, FA and FSC would be held as per schedule.
He said the National Command and Operation Centre had allowed the provinces to close educational institutions, but “we have decided to keep all educational institutions open”.
Mr Rind said that since Covid-19 cases were declining in Balochistan the government had decided not to close educational institutions in the larger interest of students.