FDE establishes Book Bank in 424 schools to facilitate needy students with free books.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has established 'Book Bank' in its 424 public sectors schools of the Islamabad Capital Territory to provide free curriculum books to the deserving students from class Prep to Matric.

Official sources told reporter that under the new scheme the old books of the students, who appeared in annual examinations, to be taken and saved in the Book Bank.

They said these books would be given to the hundreds of deserving children studying in the informal schools and public sector educational institutions being run with the support of philanthropists.

They said in this regard a circular from the Director Academics FDE had been sent to all Area Education Officers (AEOs) for establishing book bank in the schools of their respective areas.

The federal government under the Article 25 A (which is related to providing free education to each and every child till class 10th), was providing free education by awarding free books to the students of public schools of ICT, they added.

However, they revealed that a number of children enrolled in the informal schools and in those public sector educational institutions being run by the philanthropists were deprived of the facility of getting free books.

FDE, to facilitate such children from the...

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