KP govt lauded for commitment towards primary, secondary education.

PESHAWAR -- Civil Society Organizations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa extend its appreciation to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for their increased commitment and political will towards primary and Secondary Education which is reflected in the education development budget for the fiscal year 2020 -2021.

KP Government has allocated 30.3 billion to its ever highest for settled and Newly Merged Districts of education development budget in fiscal year 2020-2021. The KP Government in order to strengthen its reformative measures to improve the access to education has allocated more funds in development budget than the operational budget.

The allocated development funds include following schemes: provision of missing and basic facilities, stipend, voucher and scholarships for students, upgradation of middle to high and high to higher secondary schools, upgrading school's (boundary walls, furniture, toilets, drinking water and class rooms), recruitment of teachers at primary, middle, secondary and high secondary schools, establishment of IT labs, reconstruction of 1000 schools, construction of 300 new schools, inducting 3000 more school leaders to improve the monitoring of province, and tablets allowance for new teacher coming onwards. The provision of tablet...