Waseela-e-Taleem to add 1.75m more students

ISLAMABAD:

The Ehsaas Waseela-e-Taleem Programme has set a target of enrolling an additional 1.75 million students during the current financial year.

The programme will include one million primary class, 500,000 secondary class and 225,000 higher secondary students.

Also, upon completion of the first quarter of the current financial year the students of secondary and higher secondary classes will start receiving scholarships.The social security and poverty alleviation ministry has expanded the scope of the programme from primary education to secondary and higher secondary education.

During the current financial year, 500,000 secondary class and 225,000 higher secondary students will be included in the programme.

One million primary class students to also be include in the programme during the current financial year. Under the programme primary class boys are to provide Rs1,500 per quarter while girls are receiving Rs2,000.

Since the inception of the programme, 4.45 million students have enroll and a total of Rs19 billion has been distribute to them in the form of scholarships.Last month, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) had approved the inclusion of intermediate students in the Waseela-e-Taleem.

The BISP board meeting, which was presides over by SAPM on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Sania Nishtar; also declared transgender persons eligible in the Ehsaas Kafalat programme.

The Waseela-e-Taleem Programme was launch in 2012 in the five most backward districts of the country; which increase to 32 districts in 2015.

In 2018, the scope of the programme extends to 50 districts.
In 2019, the programme further expands to 100 districts, while in 2020 it includes all districts of the country.

Minimizing Dropouts Thorugh Waseela-e-Taleem

Under the project, the government provides cash grants to children from the poorest families on the attainment of 70% attendance in school.

Moreover, the digitisation of the project is aimed at enhancing primary school enrolments and minimising dropouts.