Staff Reporter
As many as 13,519 non-formal schools were catering to the needs of 434,479 out-of-school children who were enrolled and being provided education facilities at their doorsteps through non-formal primary education system across Punjab.
Due to earnest efforts of the Punjab Minister for Literacy, Raja Rashid Hafeez, the department has been made a fully functional organization.
The minister was monitoring the ongoing development projects for non-formal educational facilities. Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar was also taking regular updates in this regard.
Punjab Literacy Department was making all-out efforts and striving hard to increase literacy rate considerably as per vision of the Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar.
According to DPR, Rawalpindi, the department had ensured the enrollment of maximum out-of-school children and provision of education facilities at their doorsteps.
An education program based on smart syllabuses had also been introduced. Children in over 1000 non-formal schools were being provided basic educational facilities through Friends of Literacy program.
According to Raja Rashid Hafeez, Minister for Literacy & Non Formal Basic Education (NFBE) Friends of Literacy’ program launched this year in February was providing financial support to the department in this critical situation when the government has limited financial resources.
The initiative had attracted the friends of literacy to adopt a Non-Formal School on easy term and condition.
He further added that this was social cause and the social responsibility of each person of the society who could afford to provide necessary items required to run a Non-Formal
School.
