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Saturday, March 12, 2011
DFID to provide 80m pounds for education facilitiesISLAMABAD: The Department of International Development (DFID) of UK will provide 80 million pounds over the next five years to augment educational facilities in Sindh and to provide quality education to one million poor students through primary and middle level schools in the province. The fund will be disbursed through the Sindh Education Initiative Fund (EFS), which is to be set up as a non-profit company under the Companies Ordinance 1984. This was discussed during a meeting on educational issues with reference to Sindh province at the Presidency on Friday. The meeting was attended among others by Pakistan Education Task Force (PETF) Co-Chairman Begum Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar, PETF Co-Chairman Sir Michael Barber, Sindh Education Minisiter Pir Mazharul Haq, senior officials of the government and spokesperson to the president, Farhatullah Babar. staff report
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk