Over Rs100 million being spent annually to subsidize expats' children education.

ISLAMABAD -- The Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) is spending over Rs100 million annually to subsidize the education of expatriates' children studying in its 25 educational institutions operating across the country.

'The foundation is offering 50 per cent discount in tuition fee to the children of overseas Pakistanis at all its educational institutions and bearing Rs102 million per annum in this regard,' a senior official in OPF Educational Wing told reporter.

He said the OPF had set up a high quality education system for educational well-being of expats children who were given first right of admission at its 20 high schools, four colleges and one primary school, operational throughout the country including Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

In addition to formal academic education, ample opportunities were being provided to students to polish their creative, artistic and leadership skills, he added.

'OPF also gives great importance to educating children in their national history and providing them with opportunities to study the intellectual, spiritual, ethical and moral values in the light of teaching of Islamic,' he remarked.

To a query, the official said the OPF was constantly drawing up new strategies and plans to bring reforms in its all educational institutions, adding that the...