Islamabad:
Working Party (Central Development (CDWP) approved on Thursday the creation of six Daanish Schools in Balochistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) at a price of RS19,253 billion in line with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s initiative to provide quality education system.
The Ministry of Planning said in a statement that these schools would be built under the formula 50:50 cost sharing of the federal government and the respective provincial governments. “These schools aim to lift the most marginalized social segments by giving access to quality education,” it said.
According to the declaration, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal was chairman of the meeting, participated in planning secretary Awais Manzur Sumra, Chief Economist and the members of the Planning Commission (PC) and senior representatives from relevant federal ministries and provincial governments.
These schools would be established in Balochistans can Mehtarzai, which cost RS2,929,856 million; Sibi, which costs RS3,351,987 million; Baist, Dera Bugti -District, costs RS2.665,733 million; Musakhel that cost RS3,630,771 million; and Zhob, which cost RS3.632,405 million.
The sixth approved schools from Daanish would be established in AJK, which cost RS3.042,778 million. All of these projects were clumsy at CDWP level, the planning minister stated in the statement.
The Daanish Schools Network is the largest system of free boarding schools for boys and girls in Pakistan in order to lift the most marginalized segments in the community by giving them access to quality education.
The Punjab government had previously established a wide network of the crooked schools, but now the other provinces are also taking steps to repeat this model to support talented students with underprivileged backgrounds.
“The creation of these schools represents a big step forward in tackling challenges facing the education sector, especially in less developed areas,” the ministry said. “The federal government is also planning to establish new Daanish schools in underrated districts,” it added.
“The initiative aims to strengthen youth, build stronger societies, and help create a more inclusive and fair society. These schools will move beyond traditional Rote-learning and promote educational models from the 21st century by integrating technology to improve delivery and track students’ progress.”
When he spoke during the CDWP meeting, Schedule Minister Ahsan Iqbal declared that more than 25 million children in Pakistan were currently out of school, which was a matter of serious national concern. He emphasized that it was important to raise literacy to 90% for the country’s development.
