Ahmed Mukhtar Naqshbandi
ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan will provide new grant help worth around $12.7 million for upgrading girls’ primary schools into elementary schools in rural Sindh, Pakistan.
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The aim of the new project is to further enhance access to girls’ middle education by providing school facilities for students in rural parts of Sindh. This is the third funding through which Japan will be upgrading twenty new girls’ primary schools into elementary schools, which brings the total number of schools established with Japan’s help to 74.
The help contributes to improving the school enrollment rate and gender equality, contributing to SDGs Goals 4 (Quality education) and 5 (Gender equality).
On the occasion, Japan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Wada Mitsuhiro said that the project would also be executed in the parts affected by the flood last year. The project will also contribute to the reconstruction efforts of people in Pakistan, the envoy added.
The ambassador said that it is his dream that girls educated in these schools will play key role in several fields in Pakistan.
Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency KINOSHITA, while speaking on the occasion, hoped that the new aid project will enable resilient girl students to remain on track for “learning continuity” during the post floods recovery stage.
